Tainohama Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the menu for Tainohama over the next couple of weeks. It's a bit of a mixed bag, but there's a narrow window of something special if you're patient and picky.

The first few days are a bit of a write-off, to be honest. We’ve got a lot of energy in the water early on—Friday the 7th sees a solid 13.1ft swell from the southeast, with a combined energy of 9885, but it's arriving with a nasty cross-onshore wind and a risk of thunderstorms. That's a messy, choppy affair, not the kind of session you write home about. That swell drops quick, but the wind stays onshore for the rest of the weekend, keeping things pretty average.

The standout, and I mean the real standout, is Monday morning the 10th of August. The swell drops right down to 3.6ft from the south, but the wind goes glassy – dead flat. You’ll have clean, peelable little waves with a period of 10 seconds. The combined energy is a modest 574, so it’s not a powerhouse, but for a reef break like Tainohama, that light, clean condition is pure gold. The water’s sitting at 84°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you won’t need a thick suit. Monday afternoon stays glassy, too, with 3.3ft waves. If you can get out there, that’s the pick of the entire forecast.

After that, the energy drops off a cliff. From Tuesday the 11th onwards, we’re looking at chest-to-waist high stuff at best, and the wind is all over the place. There are moments of clean, cross-off wind on Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 19th, with 3.0ft to 3.6ft waves, but the consistency is pretty low. The swell direction is mostly from the south or southeast, and the period is short-to-average, so it’s not going to have much punch.

There’s a long gap of very small, poor conditions from the 12th through to the 18th, with waves mostly under 3.3ft and onshore winds. You’ll see a few glassy mornings on the 15th, 17th, and 18th, but the swell is barely there—2.0ft to 3.3ft—and the energy is weak. The 19th of August shows a bit of promise with a pulse of 3.3ft, 10-second swell from the ESE and clean cross-off wind, giving a combined energy of 226. It’s not a classic, but it’s the best you’ll see in the second week. By the 21st and 22nd, it’s practically flat, with 1.3ft to 2.0ft dribble.

So, my advice? Don’t waste your time on the big, stormy junk early on. Aim for Monday the 10th of August for the cleanest, most surfable conditions. After that, it’s a waiting game for a small pulse on the 19th. It’s a reef break, so it handles the long-period swell well, but there’s nothing long-period in the cards here. Mostly short-period, weak stuff.

Stay salty.

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