Nimitz Beach Surf Forecast

/ HAW – Oahu (122 breaks) / Hawaii (267 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Nimitz Beach surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 HST

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Nimitz Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Nimitz Beach sea temperature is 27.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nimitz Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Nimitz Beach at 10PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	17s
Evening (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s

Table - waves today at Nimitz Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	E	E	E	E	E	SSW	E	SSW	SSW	SSW	E	SSW	E	SSW	E	E	SSW	SSW	E	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	6	6	6	7	6	15	6	15	15	15	6	14	7	14	6	6	14	14	6	13	13	13	18
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	71	128	148	162	144	91	93	89	87	86	86	113	138	145	136	97	120	76	123	126	116	116	120	106
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				1:04AM 0.29				1:25PM 0.70				1:47AM 0.36					2:02PM 0.69				2:24AM 0.42
Low Tide / height (m)			8:13PM 0.15			6:04AM 0.14					8:33PM 0.13			7:05AM 0.12					8:52PM 0.12			7:56AM 0.12

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	27	28
Feels °C (?)	24	22	22	23	24	24	23	24	25	24	23	23	23	22	25	24	25	24	26	25	26	25	25	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Oahu

Wind Update Cross-off wind 2 km from Nimitz Beach has become light (light winds from the ENE at Kalaeloa Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Nimitz Beach. 0.5m 9s swell from the SE with a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 10 minutes ago Nimitz Beach
Wind Update Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the ENE at BUOY-OOUH1 5 km from Waikiki). Surf should be turning clean at Waikiki. 0.5m 10s swell from the SSE with a 0.3m 10s swell from the SW and a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 15 minutes ago Waikiki

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