Puaena Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me level with you. This is a tough outlook to write because, honestly, the surf is almost non-existent for the foreseeable future. We’re looking at a 16-day window from now, and it's a long, flat run for the most part.

Let’s start with what we’ve got. The only real option is Puaena Point, a reef break that's exposed to the swell. The whole stretch is grim, with a massive gap of days where there’s simply nothing worth paddling out for.

The first sniff of anything is on Sunday, September 13th. The morning is showing a small 2ft swell coming out of the SW with a 15-second period. The combined wave energy is moderate at 186, but don't get too excited – the conditions are just "ordinary". A light 6 mph breeze from the ENE is blowing cross-offshore, which keeps the surface clean, but the wave size is tiny.

That afternoon, it drops off. The next day, Monday the 14th, the morning is a write-off with a 2ft NE windswell at a short 8-second period. However, the afternoon session on Monday is the one true stand-out in this entire forecast. We get a 2ft swell, but it's a long-period 22-second groundswell coming from the SW, delivering a combined energy of 296. That's moderate energy, but for a small wave that long-period is a treat. It’s still clean with a light breeze. This is your best bet. The water temp is about average for this time of year.

After that, it's a disaster. From Tuesday, September 15th all the way through to Saturday, September 26th, there are zero good surf recommendations. That's nearly two weeks of poor conditions. Most days show weak energy readings, often in the double digits or low hundreds, with short-period, messy windswell. The wind is a constant cross-off breeze, but it doesn't matter when the waves are that small and gutless.

There’s a tiny flicker on Saturday, September 26th – the morning shows "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions" with a 2ft SW swell, 12-second period and moderate energy of 121. But again, it's nothing to write home about. The run ends with a flat Monday, September 28th morning with a tiny 1ft SW groundswell but a cross-off shore breeze from the NNE at only 3 mph.

Forget about it for a paddle. If you're a kiter, the constant cross-off wind and lack of any real surf might actually look fun, but for a surfer, this is a blank. Stay home, check the forecast later. Sometimes these runs break.

Rusty.

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