Oneloa Beach

Oneloa Beach is an SW-facing beach break in Kanahena, Hawaii, United States. It picks up swell from ESE and SSE to SSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 70% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NE: light winds or NE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: an island gap lets in swell from 277.5° (W) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 54 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SW (226°)

Best swell

S to SSW (186°–211°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

N to E offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

ESE (112° to 116°); SSE to SSW (161.5° to 211.5°)

Rare slot

island gap, 277.5° W

Offshore wind

NE

Tide

NOAA station 1615202

Wave buoy

Pauwela, Maui, HI (187) · 44 km away

Cams

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