Waiehu beach park Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here again. Let's lay it out plain: the surf at Waiehu beach park is looking pretty grim for the next couple of weeks. We've got a long stretch of junky, onshore wind messing things up before anything even looks half-decent. I'm scanning the whole 16-day forecast, and I just don't see a day that really stands out. It's a waiting game, plain and simple.

The mid-week shows a bit of new swell, but it's coming in with that stinking ENE wind. We're talking about a chopped-up surface and poor shape. Wednesday and Thursday will be small, around 3ft, with a period around 8-9 seconds. That short-period stuff just has no punch to it. The combined wave energy is weak to moderate, just under 250 in the charts. In these conditions, the wind is calling the shots, and it's not playing nice.

The weekend bumps up a little, but that ENE breeze is still blowing around 12-13 mph. A small, short-period ENE swell is just going to be a bumpy, crumbly mess. I can see the energy starting to climb a bit, but the quality is still not there. This is the kind of setup where the kites and foils are going to be having more fun than the paddle crew.

Now, looking into the second week, it gets bigger, but it doesn't get any cleaner. The swell builds from the same ENE direction, reaching 6-8ft from the 16th onwards, with strong energy readings climbing into the four-digit range. But again, it's all showing with that cross-on wind. That's going to keep it rough and unruly. The 18th could see a solid 10ft on the afternoon, but with a short 9-second period and a moderate onshore breeze, that's going to be a wild, heavy, and closed-out mess. It's big, but it won't be clean.

The only sliver of hope is at the very end of the forecast. On the morning of August 20th, the wind shifts to a light NNE direction and is considered "on", which means offshore. The swell is still a solid 7ft from the ENE with an 8-second period. That's a powerful, short-period swell, which is tricky for a reef and point. The energy is still high, but that wind shift is a game-changer. It's the only time in the whole period the forecast isn't calling conditions "poor", but it's only marginal. Don't get too excited yet, though. The short period can make a wave sectiony and hard to ride.

I know that's not what you wanted to hear. The call for Waiehu right now is bleak. Keep your expectations low and hope those long-range charts change for the better. As it stands, there's nothing I'd be paddling out for.

Rusty, out.

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