Power Plant surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 HST
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Power Plant surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Power Plant sea temperature is
27.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Power Plant today?

The current surf forecast for Power Plant at 10AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 17). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (17 Oct)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

Table - waves today at Power Plant. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)13131616151515151616161212161515151591515886
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444458173171158109109115122122982092059492895756295554444317
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
20
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:19PM
0.54
2:15AM
0.49
1:51PM
0.50
2:45AM
0.56
2:20PM
0.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:08AM
0.20
7:55PM
0.09
8:02AM
0.19
8:11PM
0.08
8:51AM
0.19
8:27PM
0.07
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset----6:06-------6:05-------6:05---
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C242527272725252525252727272525252525272827252525
Feels °C (?)262526262625252424242525262525242424262726252626
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Power Plant (light winds from the N at Kalaeloa Airport 8 km from Power Plant). 0.4m 14s groundswell from the W to make surfable waves.

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N
Clean
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