Waiehu beach park Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight up – the next 16 days out at Waiehu beach park are a proper struggle. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing but cross-onshore wind and junk surf. You wouldn’t paddle out unless you’ve got nothing better to do. The water temp’s sitting at 80°, which is just average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

We start off with a blank run. From Saturday 8 August through to Friday 14 August, every single session is poor. Swell hangs around 4ft to 6ft but the wind is locked in from the ENE at 12–16 mph, putting chop on everything. Combined energy stays weak to moderate (161 up to 338), and with a short period of just 6–8 seconds, there’s no punch. It’s all cross-on mess, not worth your time.

Then on Friday 14 August afternoon, things get big – an 12ft swell with a long 14-second period from the E, and the energy jumps to 5086. But the wind stays cross-on at 16 mph, so it’s still junk. By Saturday 15 August, it’s a full-on 21ft swell with energy at 10482 – that’s massive, but the wind cranks up to 25–28 mph cross-on, making it a complete washout. That’s not a paddle day; that’s a day for kite gear if anything.

The only flicker we get is on Sunday 16 August morning. The swell drops to 8ft from the E with a 9-second period and the combined energy is still strong at 1954. The magic here is the wind – it swings to SSE at 12 mph, giving us clean cross-off conditions. It’s still a marginal call due to tide, but if you’re itching, that’s the one best session in the whole run. After that, we slide back into poor surf from Monday 17 August all the way to Sunday 23 August, with 5ft to 6ft of cross-on slop and no change.

Bottom line: there’s one standout – Sunday 16 August morning. For everything else, save your energy. The swell window after that first week has some moderate energy (up to 575) but the wind never lets up. It’s a grim run, but at least you know where to skip.

Rusty.

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