Tainohama Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, you salty dogs, let's talk Tainohama. It's a bit of a mixed bag over the next couple of weeks.

Right now, the water's a balmy 84°, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year.

So, starting Tuesday the 25th, we've got a solid 10-foot swell from the SSE, but it's bumpy. The wind is cross-on with a light breeze, giving it a messy look. The combined energy is a massive 4834, which is powerful, but it's not clean. This one is strictly for the advanced crew. That swell drops to 8 feet by the afternoon with more wind, making it choppy.

Wednesday the 26th sees the swell dropping to 6 feet, still cross-on and choppy. Thursday is a write-off with onshore winds and lumpy conditions.

Here's a glimmer. Friday morning the 28th. The swell drops to 4 feet from the south with a short period of 8 seconds, but the wind goes glassy. It's dead calm. That's a major positive for a clean session, even if the waves are small. The energy is a weak 224, so it's not punchy, but it'll be the cleanest we've seen. That glassy window continues into Saturday morning the 29th with 2-foot waves and calm conditions, though the energy is a tiny 81.

After that, we hit a quiet patch. From Sunday the 30th through Saturday the 5th of September, the waves are small, mostly under 3 feet, and a lot of it is blown out by onshore winds. There's a short bump on Tuesday the 1st of September with a 5-foot SE swell (period 13s, energy 709), but it's cross-on and choppy.

The real standout, the only true standout, comes at the very end. Look at Sunday the 6th of September. We get a 3-foot SW groundswell with a very long period of 12 seconds. The energy is still low at 333, but look at the wind – a light breeze from the NNE creating a cross-offshore flow. That's clean. Because Tainohama is a reef break, that long-period groundswell will wrap in nicely. It won't be big, but it will be clean and lined up.

Then on Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th of September, we see more offshore and clean conditions with 3 to 5-foot swell. The wind is offshore from the NNW and N, which is perfect. The shorter period on Tuesday (6 seconds) means it'll be softer and more playful. The energy is still low to moderate (218 to 305), but for clean, groomed waves, those are your best bets.

To call it straight: The best windows are Friday morning the 28th of August for a tiny, glassy session, and then the early week of September – specifically Sunday the 6th and Monday the 7th – for the cleanest, most lined-up conditions. Don't expect any massive, perfect swells; it's about waiting for the clean moments on smaller waves.

Rusty.

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