Waiehu beach park Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here with a look at what’s on offer at Waiehu Beach Park over the next couple of weeks. Pull up a chair.

Right off the bat, I gotta tell ya, it’s a bit of a slow start. We’re looking at a long stretch of pretty average conditions, and it’s really the second week where things start to get interesting.

The water temp is sitting right on average for this time of year at 80°, so nothing wild there—just your standard tropical bathwater.

For the first week, from Monday through to the end of the following Sunday, it’s mostly the same story. The wind stays cross-on from the east-northeast for days, blowing at 9 to 19 mph, and the swell is short-period stuff around 7-8 seconds. That combo makes for choppy, bumpy surf. Heights hang around the 6 ft to 8 ft range, but with that wind and short period, it’s not offering much for a paddle surfer. The energy readings are low to moderate in the early days, climbing up into the high hundreds, but the quality is just not there. The combined energy does push past 4700 by the 7th of September, but with a 13 ft swell and onshore winds, that’s more of a washing machine than a surfable wave. To be honest, most of that first week looks like it’s better set up for kite surfing than for a traditional board—there’s plenty of wind and lumpy water.

Now, the standout window comes in the middle of the second week. That Tuesday, the 8th of September, things finally flip. The wind swings around to the south, blowing offshore, and the swell drops back to 8 ft to 10 ft. Now that’s what we like to hear. The period jumps up to 9-10 seconds, which means better shaped waves and more energy. The combined energy is well over 1300, so there’s plenty of push. This is the kind of setup that makes Waiehu’s reef-and-point work properly, especially with the swell coming from the east. The Tuesday afternoon session is calling my name—gentle offshore breeze, clean conditions, and excellent surf for experienced surfers. If you’ve got the skills, that’s your window. Crowds are possible here, so it pays to be early.

After that, it fades back into marginal or poor surf through the rest of the fortnight, with a few mornings that are close to being okay, but nothing that jumps out.

So to sum it up: sit tight for the first week, maybe get a kite session in if that’s your thing. But circle that Tuesday the 8th on your calendar—that’s the one with the clean offshore breeze and real grunt in the water. For a spot this consistent, a flat run won’t last forever, and this swell might be the one to break the pattern.

Rusty.

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