Ripps Reef Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Ripps Reef surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 HST

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

Today's Ripps Reef sea temperature is 26.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ripps Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Ripps Reef at 7PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Evening (13 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s

Table - waves today at Ripps Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	N	N	E	E	N	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	10	10	7	8	10	8	8	8	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	146	130	135	146	132	141	128	148	128	120	86	131	127	98	98	131	142	67	157	133	165	78	80	67
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:49AM 0.60								10:39AM 0.64									11:40AM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)						12:37AM 0.02									2:24AM 0.05								4:10AM 0.04

	Saturday 13					Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Oahu

Wind Update Wind reports 2 km away suggest it is still onshore at Ripps Reef (moderate winds from the ENE at BUOY-MOKH1). 1.2m 6s windswell from the ENE with a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the NNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 31 minutes ago Ripps Reef

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1 h 31 min ago

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