Beginners: Kewalos (Fair, 0.8 m, offshore around 07:00)
Forecast updated 20 Oct, 01:03 UTC.
The spots
Canoes · reef break, beginner, best on S/SSW/SW swell with NE/N/NNE wind, low to mid tide. Canoes is a slow right with a softer left on the reef about 250 m off the Royal Hawaiian and Moana hotels, where Waikiki surf schools take first-timers. Waist-high…
Queens · reef break, intermediate, best on S/SSW/SW swell with NE/NNE/ENE wind, all tides. Queens is the right off Kuhio Beach, just Diamond Head of Canoes, and it draws the best longboarders in town on any south swell. The take-off zone is small and packed…
Ala Moana Bowls · reef break, advanced, best on S/SSW/SW swell with N/NNE/NE wind, all tides. Bowls is a left that throws over the reef beside the Ala Wai harbour channel, reached by walking out along the jetty from the harbour lot and paddling toward the boat…
Kewalos · reef break, intermediate, best on S/SSW/SW swell with N/NE/NNE wind, all tides. Kewalos breaks on the reef off Kewalo Basin Park, the closest south-shore wave to downtown Honolulu, with several named peaks along the park. Lefts that line up from…
Diamond Head (Cliffs) · reef break, intermediate, best on S/SSW/SSE swell with N/NNE/NE wind, all tides. Cliffs is a stretch of reef peaks below the Diamond Head lighthouse, spread over 150 to 300 m, so the crowd thins out more than in Waikiki. South swells work best and…
When to surf in Waikiki
Best months for intermediate surfers: May to September. For beginners: April to September. The water goes from about 25 °C in March (Boardshorts / rash vest) to 27 °C in September (Boardshorts / rash vest). Best-known spots: Canoes, Ala Moana Bowls, Queens. 1 of the 5 spots suit beginners, such as Canoes.