Haleiwa Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Live NOAA data · Updated 2026-06-26
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-06-26 11:30 UTC), Haleiwa is looking good: the live 2–4 ft medium-period swell from the S is off its ideal NW direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the NE. Haleiwa is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the NW, with moderate wind from the NE, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

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Best conditions for Haleiwa

Haleiwa is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the NW, with moderate wind from the NE, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

Ideal wave height2–4 ft
Ideal periodmedium-period (8–16s)
Best swell directionNW
Best windmoderate wind from the NE
Best tidemid & incoming

These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →

Current conditions

Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-06-26 11:30 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.

Wave height3.6 ft
Dominant period15s
Swell directionSSW (197°)
Wave buoyNDBC station 51212 (19 mi away)
Wind5 kt from the NNE — NDBC PRHH1 (18 mi away)

Haleiwa 7-day surf forecast

Model wave & wind outlook for Haleiwa from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).

DaySwell heightPeriod & directionWind
Fri Jun 265–7 ft10s E12 kt E
Sat Jun 276–7 ft12s ESE13 kt E
Sun Jun 285–6 ft17s SSW10 kt ENE
Mon Jun 295–6 ft15s SSW12 kt E
Tue Jun 305–6 ft14s SSW11 kt ENE
Wed Jul 15–6 ft8s ENE9 kt ENE
Thu Jul 26–7 ft8s E10 kt ENE

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 1612480 (MOKU O LOE), the nearest tide station (23 mi away). Times local.

Haleiwa tide chart for 2026-06-26 Predicted tide height in feet over two days, with high and low markers. 12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p 0.3ft11:02a1.9ft7:28p0.6ft3:35a0.7ft7:38a0.6ft11:56a1.8ft8:03pNow0.31.9

Frequently asked

Is Haleiwa good for surfing right now?

As of the latest buoy reading (2026-06-26 11:30 UTC), Haleiwa is looking good: the live 2–4 ft medium-period swell from the S is off its ideal NW direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the NE.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Haleiwa come from?

LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 51212) and the nearest NOAA tide station (MOKU O LOE). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

What are the best surf conditions for Haleiwa?

Haleiwa is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the NW, with moderate wind from the NE, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

Does LazySurfer predict whether Haleiwa is good for me?

Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.

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