Waiehu beach park Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here. Let me level with you: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for waves around here. Waiehu beach park (the reef and point setup) is the only spot showing up, and honestly, it’s not doing much for us. The swell’s coming in from the ENE, which is about as poor as it gets for this break – it wants it from the NNE. Add in cross-onshore winds for the entire run, and you’ve got choppy, messy conditions day after day.

Right now, the surf is weak and disorganized. This Sunday morning, we’re looking at 7ft of ENE wind swell with a period of just 8 seconds, and the combined energy is moderate at 745. But it’s cross-onshore and lumpy – total mush. By the afternoon, it drops a touch to 6ft and 621 energy, but still nothing to get excited about.

Monday brings a bit of a let-up – 5ft but with that same poor ENE direction and a light cross-onshore breeze. It’s still messy. Tuesday sees the period stretch out to 11 seconds, which helps with a bit more push, but the energy’s only around 436 and the wind’s still not our friend. This whole first week, the swell never breaks free of the poor direction, and the period’s often in that short, junk range of 7-9 seconds.

We’ve got a real blank stretch here – nothing on offer for days at a time. The only saving grace is that the spot is rated “consistent,” so it’s not like it’s a rare break. But with that ENE line and onshore winds, it’s all chop. Honestly, from the 4th through the 7th, we’re looking at energy that barely gets into triple digits – 152, 108 – that’s weak, weak stuff. You’d be better off doing something else.

It’s not until around the 14th and 15th that we see energy climb back into the 300s, with 5ft swell, but the period is still stuck on 7 seconds and the wind is still cross-on. That’s not a surf window; that’s just a mess.

The long-range outlook into the 16th and 17th teases at a little more size – 6ft to 6ft – and energy pushing into the 400s. But again, it’s short-period ENE windswell with onshore breeze. For a reef and point like this, that’s not a recipe for clean waves. This is very much a “look, but don’t paddle out” kind of forecast.

Water temps are running pretty normal for this time of year, so no wetsuit drama there.

Bottom line: there are no good surf options in this 16-day window. The break is consistent, but the conditions are consistently poor. This kind of blank run can happen, and the forecast can always shift – but right now, I’d leave the board in the car. Maybe check back in a week or so, but don’t hold your breath.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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