ʻAlula Beach
Kailua, Hawaii, United States19.667, -156.028Beach break · faces WNW (282°)
Spot guide
ʻAlula Beach is a WNW-facing beach break in Kailua, Hawaii, United States. It picks up swell from SSE to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 41% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the ESE: light winds or ESE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while WNW onshores chop it up.
Rare slot: the Kaiwi Channel lets in swell from 320.2° (NW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 262 km out. How slot swells work
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- WNW (282°)
- Best swell
- WSW to WNW (242°–299°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- ENE to SSE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SSE to WNW (167.5° to 299.5°)
- Rare slot
- Kaiwi Channel, 320.2° NW
- Offshore wind
- ESE
- Tide
- NOAA station 1617846
- Wave buoy
- Hilo, Hawaii, HI (188) · 111 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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