Polihale Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what we've got coming down the pike for Polihale. It's a pretty quiet stretch ahead, to be honest. This spot is a sandbar setup that sees the most action when the swell comes out of the NW, which is its optimum direction. This 16-day window starts off with a whole lot of nothing, and we have to wait a while before the ocean really wakes up.

Right out of the gate, the first few days are a write-off. There are several days of flat to tiny, messy conditions with very low combined wave energy (reading in the low double digits or zero). The water temp is sitting at 80°F, which is basically right on the money for this time of year with an anomaly of just -0.2°F – nothing unusual there.

Things look like they might start to turn late on Monday the 8th, but don't get too excited. The combined energy jumps up to a moderate 1194 from a WSW swell, pushing wave heights to 8ft. That's a powerful pulse, but it's coming in with rain and fresh cross-off winds from the S. This makes it marginal at best – not the kind of clean session you want to paddle out for unless you're seasoned and don't mind a bit of a wrestle.

The first real standout – and honestly, the only one worth circling on the calendar – is Wednesday the 9th. We get a clean pulse from the WNW around 4ft to 4ft, with a period of 10 seconds. The wind is light and cross-off in the morning, shifting to a perfect offshore from the SSE in the afternoon, which will make for glassy faces. The combined energy is a solid 327 in the morning and 275 in the afternoon, so the ocean has some push behind it. For an advanced spot like this, that's the pick of the forecast. Get on it.

After that, the swell backs down through to the middle of the month. The other potential highlight, but a long way out, is from Wednesday 17th to Friday 18th. The finder shows a NE swell building with combined energy hitting 266 on the Thursday morning, and wave heights around 5ft. The wind is light cross-off from the ENE, so it’s looking clean. It’s not a massive swell, but for a long-range call, it's promising. Remember, though, this is an advanced break and a sandbar, so when it gets over 5ft it starts to push past the beginner comfort zone. Anything over 8ft here is expert-only territory. The rest of the days in that second week are just small, weak pulses of energy, mostly in the low hundreds or less, so don't bank on much else.

Signing off, Rusty.

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