Waimea Bay Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Waimea Bay is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the N, with light wind from the SE, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | N |
| Best wind | light wind from the SE |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-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 2026-08-05 09:30 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 2.3 ft |
| Dominant period | 13s |
| Swell direction | S (185°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 51212 (23 mi away) |
| Wind | 3 kt from the W — NDBC PRHH1 (20 mi away) |
Waimea Bay 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Waimea Bay from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed Aug 5 | 4–5 ft | 10s ENE | 15 kt E |
| Thu Aug 6 | 4–5 ft | 8s NE | 14 kt E |
| Fri Aug 7 | 4–5 ft | 7s NE | 16 kt E |
| Sat Aug 8 | 5–6 ft | 6s E | 19 kt E |
| Sun Aug 9 | 6 ft | 7s E | 18 kt ENE |
| Mon Aug 10 | 5–6 ft | 7s E | 16 kt E |
| Tue Aug 11 | 5–6 ft | 7s E | 15 kt E |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 1612480 (MOKU O LOE), the nearest tide station (23 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 11:02 — Low 0.274 ft
- 2026-06-06 19:28 — High 1.936 ft
- 2026-06-07 03:35 — Low 0.603 ft
- 2026-06-07 07:38 — High 0.737 ft
- 2026-06-07 11:56 — Low 0.581 ft
- 2026-06-07 20:03 — High 1.829 ft
Frequently asked
Is Waimea Bay good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-05 09:30 UTC), Waimea Bay is fair: the live 2–4 ft medium-period swell from the S is off its ideal N direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the W.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Waimea Bay 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 Waimea Bay?
Waimea Bay is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the N, with light wind from the SE, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Waimea Bay 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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- Log Cabins — 1 mi
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- Chun's — 2 mi
- Backdoor — 2 mi
- Pipeline — 2 mi
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