Tainohama Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your wettie and listen up, this is Rusty.

Alright folks, we’ve got a solid, powerful run of Southern Ocean groundswell hitting Tainohama over the next few days, but this one is for the experienced crew only. This is a serious, heavy reef break, and the ocean is about to put on a show that is absolutely not for the faint-hearted or anyone without a few scars. We're talking some big, powerful, long-period groundswell pouring in, creating some serious, heavy pits.

The first real window opens up on Thursday, August 6th. The morning is looking like a standout. We’ve got a solid 16ft swell rolling in from the SE with a long 14-second period, and it's packing a heap of energy (9564). What makes this session special is the NE wind, giving us a clean, cross-off breeze. The water temp feels about average for the time of year. This is going to be world-class, but only for experts – this isn't a wave you learn on. The afternoon though, the swell jumps to 18ft, and while the energy goes through the roof (21874), that's too much size for this break, and the wind turns cross-onshore, so it'll be a messy beast.

Friday the 7th is another day for experts only. The swell holds at 16ft, with a very long 16-second period on the morning, but the wind is a moderate cross-shore, making it a bit bumpy. The afternoon brings a risk of thunderstorms and a cross-onshore wind that'll chop things up.

We then get a drop in quality through the weekend and into the start of the next week. The swell stays in the 10ft to 8ft range, but the wind is persistently cross-onshore or cross-shore with moderate to strong breezes, making for some choppy, ugly conditions. From Monday the 10th through to Wednesday the 12th, it's a write-off.

Now, for a change of pace, the second week of the forecast shows some real promise for a completely different, smaller, and cleaner vibe. On Thursday, August 13th, the swell drops right back to a tiny 4ft, but listen to this: it's glassy. Absolute millpond conditions with a slight SSE air. It’s not big, but for a sneaky session on the longboard, that glassy surface will be a dream.

Then, Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th have some good news for the smaller wave crew. Friday is small at 3ft from the S, but we get a strong, clean offshore wind from the N. Saturday morning keeps that clean offshore flow, and the afternoon goes glassy again, though with a short period windswell. These are the days for the logs and fishes, with clean, offshore lines.

The biggest standout in the second week is Wednesday, August 19th. The swell is a modest 5ft from the E with a 10-second period, but the wind is a light cross-offshore from the NNE, and the energy is moderate (877). This is forecast to be "very good" and should offer some clean, well-shaped waves on the reef.

To be clear, the first week is big, powerful, and for experts only, while the second week cleans up nicely for smaller, more user-friendly conditions. The gap from the 10th to the 12th is a total write-off.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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