Oahu South Shore
Waikiki surf report
4.6ft
Solid — 4.6 ft.
Saturday, September 26 · local time at the spot
Right now
Swell
4.6 ft
7 s · SE124°
Wind
This buoy carries no anemometer, so there is no wind reading here.
Water temperature
81.3°F
27.4 °C
Daylight
6:21 AM
sunrise · sunset 6:23 PM
Rip current risk
No rip current risk level for this beach. The HFO Surf Zone Forecast does not carry a rip current risk line for this zone. The National Weather Service publishes this for some coastlines and not others, so the assessment falls to you and the lifeguards — how to spot a rip current, what to do if you are caught, and what the flags mean.
Tide
Currently rising — next high at 3:48 AM (1.76 ft)
| Time | Tide | Height |
|---|---|---|
| 3:48 AM | high | 1.76 ft |
| 9:49 AM | low | 0.345 ft |
| 3:44 PM | high | 1.707 ft |
| 9:55 PM | low | 0.082 ft |
Tide values are predictions. Wind, pressure and surge move the real water level, sometimes by a lot — see the disclaimer.
Forecast
Model output, not a measurement — NOAA WaveWatch III
| Day | Height | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri | 2.1 ft | 10.1 s | NNW 340° |
| Sat | 3.4 ft | 10.9 s | NW 324° |
| Sun | 4.7 ft | 11 s | NNW 338° |
| Mon | 3.9 ft | 7.5 s | NNW 332° |
| Tue | 3.5 ft | 6.5 s | NNW 336° |
| Wed | 1.8 ft | 5.3 s | NNW 340° |
A model computes; it does not observe. Accuracy drops with range, and nearshore transformation is where it is weakest.
What to wear
At 81.3 °F (27.4 °C), most people at Waikiki are comfortable in a boardshorts or a swimsuit.
No suit needed
for 75 °F and warmer
Warm enough to surf with nothing on. A long session in the sun still costs you more heat than it feels like.
The temperature is measured. The suit recommendation is not — it follows the manufacturers' convention, which varies by a degree or two between brands, and it knows nothing about wind, session length or how you personally run. The full chart and what it leaves out.
Surf cam
The break
- Type
- Long, gentle reef breaks over a shallow coral shelf
- Best swell
- S to SW summer groundswell
- Best wind
- Offshore NE trades
- Tide
- Mid to high tide; low tide exposes the reef
- Level
- Beginner to intermediate
Hazards
- Shallow coral
- Very crowded
- Outrigger canoe and catamaran traffic
Local knowledge, not a measurement. Conditions decide the day — check the National Weather Service for warnings and the lifeguards for whether to go in.
Every source behind this page
- Solunar computed · read 2:46 AM
- NOAA WaveWatch III 51211 model cycle 20260926 6z · model · read 2:46 AM
- NDBC 51211 buoy wave height · read 2:00 AM
- NOAA CO-OPS 1612340 tide predictions · read 2:46 AM
All of it is public NOAA and National Weather Service data, free for anyone to use. What we add is the pairing of this spot with these stations — see the terms.
Nearby spots
- Ala Moana Bowls 4.6 ft · 3 km
- Makapu'u 10.5 ft · 18 km
- White Plains Beach 3.3 ft · 21 km
- Cayucos 6.2 ft · 3912 km
- Belmar 12.1 ft · 7994 km
Surf and beach conditions change faster than this page does, and nobody watches it in real time. When the water looks different from the numbers, trust the water and the lifeguards.