Makao Beach
Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States21.607, -157.903Beach break · faces NE (48°)
Spot guide
Makao Beach is an NE-facing beach break in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. It picks up swell from NW to ESE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 33% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the SW: light winds or SW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while NE onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- NE (48°)
- Best swell
- N to E (8°–89°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- S to W offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- NW to ESE (319° to 112.5°)
- Offshore wind
- SW
- Tide
- NOAA station TPT2779
- Wave buoy
- Waimea Bay, HI (106) · 23 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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