Waikiki Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Waikiki Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft long-period groundswell (16s+) swell from the S, with glassy / no wind from the E, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | long-period groundswell (16s+) |
| Best swell direction | S |
| Best wind | glassy / no wind from the E |
| Best tide | mid & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-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 2026-06-07 00:30 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy. A multi-day forecast for this spot is coming soon; for now these readings update continuously.
| Wave height | 3.0 ft |
| Dominant period | 13s |
| Swell direction | S (174°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 51212 (21 mi away) |
| Wind | 10 kt from the ENE — NDBC OOUH1 (3 mi away) |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 1612340 (HONOLULU), the nearest tide station (3 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 03:34 — Low 0.121 ft
- 2026-06-06 09:16 — High 0.614 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:56 — Low 0.467 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:32 — High 1.69 ft
- 2026-06-07 04:10 — Low 0.074 ft
- 2026-06-07 10:38 — High 0.843 ft
Frequently asked
Is Waikiki Beach good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-06-07 00:30 UTC), Waikiki Beach is fair: the live 2–4 ft medium-period swell from the S matches its ideal S direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is strong from the NE.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Waikiki Beach 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 (HONOLULU). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Waikiki Beach?
Waikiki Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft long-period groundswell (16s+) swell from the S, with glassy / no wind from the E, on a mid incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Waikiki Beach 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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- South Shore Ala Moana Park — 2 mi
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