Ohara Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me break this down for you. This is the local picture for Ohara, and it's a bit of a mixed bag over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, we've got some solid energy in the water. Tuesday the 11th sees a 6.9 ft E swell rolling in with a 12-second period, packing a punch with moderate wave energy (1313). The water’s sitting at a warm 81.9°, which is a touch above the usual for this time of year. But here’s the rub: that cross-off wind is a fresh 18.6 mph, keeping things clean enough but a little lumpy. It’s surfable, just not a stand-out session.

Things go a bit sideways from Wednesday the 12th through to the 16th. We get a mix of risk of thunderstorms, fresh onshore winds, and the swell jumps up to 11.5 ft with a very strong combined energy (2496-2636). That is way too big for this spot, and the conditions are consistently poor. Honestly, for a few days there, with that much cross-onshore wind and big lumpy surf, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. You’d be mad to paddle out.

But the real highlight comes in a glassy window. Monday the 17th is your day. It’s the only standout on offer for the whole outlook. We’ve got a clean 5.6 ft swell from the east, with a 9-second period. The wind goes glassy in the morning, dead calm (3.1 mph), so the conditions will be perfect. It’s a quality window for an intermediate surf. The swell energy is moderate (518), and the break is inconsistent here, so you'll be sitting for a bit between sets, but when they come, they’ll be clean. Expect some company though, as crowds are sometimes a thing here.

After that, the surf drops right off. From the 18th onwards, we’re looking at small, weak waves—mostly under 3.3 ft—with very ordinary conditions. There’s a tiny window on the 20th with another glassy morning (3.9 ft S swell, 8-second period), and again on the 26th, where a bigger 7.2 ft SSE swell (1319 energy) shows up with offshore wind, but that’s a full 15 days out, so treat that as a promising but less certain long-range call. For now, after the 17th, expect a long stretch of small, clean but pretty gutless surf.

Bottom line: Don’t bother with anything until that Monday the 17th. Make the most of that glassy morning at Ohara, then accept the flat spell that follows.

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