Waihee Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let’s look at what’s cookin’ for this stretch.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – the next week or so is gonna have you staring at a whole lotta choppy, junk surf. We’re locked into a solid east-northeast breeze that’s just tearing up the surface at Waihee. The first few days are a write-off; cross-on winds ripping at 12 to 15 mph, short period swell of just 7 to 8 seconds. Conditions are poor, and the wave energy is weak to moderate at best (150 to 338 range). It’s just not worth paddling out.

That pattern sticks around for a long stretch. You’re looking at a gap of about eight days with no good surf. The swell does start to pump up a bit from the 14th onward, with Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th seeing a big pulse of 8 ft to 10 ft swell from the east-northeast. The wave energy gets huge – we’re talking 1603 up to 2911 – but that long period groundswell (11 to 13 seconds) with those same cross-on winds just means big, unruly, and messy. That’s expert territory only, and even then it won’t be any good. Honestly, with all that wind and size, this looks more interesting for some kite action than a paddle session.

Now, the light at the end of the tunnel. Monday the 17th of August is our standout. The wind finally clocks around to a clean offshore from the SSW at 12 mph, and we’ve got a nice 7 ft swell coming from the north-northeast. The wave energy is strong (774), and that period of 9 seconds means it should have some push. The water temp is sitting right around 80°F, which is totally normal and lovely for this time of year. Waihee is a reef and point setup that loves a northerly swell, so this is the day to circle on the calendar. The surf quality will be very good. The rest of that day holds onto clean conditions, even as the swell drops to 5 ft in the afternoon. After that, we dip back into small and onshore junk for the rest of the window. So, one quality window on the 17th, and a whole lot of waiting.

Rusty.

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