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Best setups are WNW-N groundswell with light E-SE winds (mornings typically cleaner before afternoon seabreezes).
Mid tide often gives the most lined, rideable peaks.
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Kawaihae Breakwater
A compact reef-and-breakwater beat where WNW groundswell threads punchy rights against a rocky harbor edge-lefts often dump into the boat channel. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Kawaihae Breakwater in Hawaii.
Break TypeReef Break
Skill LevelBeginner - Intermediate
LocationHawaii, US
Forecast
- Waves 1 ft+
- Period 15 s
- Wind NE 22 kt
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Breakwater geometry, boat traffic and a shallow channel concentrate power into the favored right, and rocks plus occasional strong rips raise consequence on bigger days.
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