Kalāhiki Beach

Kalāhiki Beach is a WSW-facing beach break in Ho‘okena, Hawaii, United States. It picks up swell from S to WNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 44% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the ENE: light winds or ENE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while WSW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: the Kauai Channel lets in swell from 313.5° (NW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 472 km out. How slot swells work

Rare slot: the Kaiwi Channel lets in swell from 322.8° (NW) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 298 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

WSW (252°)

Best swell

SSW to WNW (212°–293°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

NNE to ESE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

S to WNW (178° to 302°)

Rare slot

Kauai Channel, 313.5° NW

Rare slot

Kaiwi Channel, 322.8° NW

Offshore wind

ENE

Tide

NOAA station 1618021

Wave buoy

Hilo, Hawaii, HI (188) · 107 km away

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