Ala Moana Bowls Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
FAIR

Surf Height

4-6FT+

Observed

Chest to 1ft overhead

Smart Cam

Swell

1.7FT22s
SSW195º
1.3FT13s
S186º
1.3FT11s
SSW191º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

12KTSNE

12kts gusts, Offshore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

1.3FT

Temperature

79°F

spotName Wind & Weather
77ºF

1mm wetsuit

Jax Richards

South Shore Oahu Forecast

Jax Richards

Today

Clean, building surf in the fun-sized range. Lully overhead sets at standouts this evening.

Afternoon Outlook:  Long period forerunners from our new SSW swell has gradually filled in through the day, showing a bit larger size than this morning. Things are still a tad slow with some long lulls at times. Average breaks are running around waist to shoulder high, while standouts are seeing lully head high to overhead head sets. 

Conditions remain clean thanks to mellow NE/ENE trades.

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Ala Moana Bowls Surf Forecast

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Ala Moana Bowls Surf Guide

Inarguably Town's most coveted -- and famous -- high-performance wave, Ala Moana Bowls has a clearly formed and obvious lineup. The wave is a long left, with a few different tube sections and a range of takeoff spots, but it's at its most focused and perfect when a solid S swell detonates on the outside bowl section. The seabed next to the reef was dredged for Ala Wai Harbor, thus the man-made interference bends swell and refracts it. And even though really big sets are still referred to as Pole... Read more