Conditions clear — no active alerts
Finding the pulse of the reef...
This week
snorkel & freedive readBest day this week: tomorrow, 11 AM–7 PM.
Next 12 hours
Clear now, partly cloudy moving in around 9 PM.
Conditions
Visibility, water, current, and wind. The in-water read.
Visibility
Murky
Onshore E chop
Water
81°
1–2 mm
Current
0.5 kt
gentle drift
Surge
9.2s
low surge
Wind
13 mph
onshore E
Visibility is an estimate — wind, rain, tide & water alerts.
The spot
The things that stay true when the weather changes.
Winter, roughly October through April, is Pipeline's surf season, when the state and county beach safety program describes the waves as their highest and most powerful, sometimes past 25 feet. Summer calms down, and the same program calls the swimming then nice.
Small lot at the beach park on Ke Nui Road, about 1.2 acres in all. Traffic runs especially heavy on big winter days, when people drive from across the island to watch the surf.
Checked 2026-08-24. Sources: Safe Beach Day (formerly Hawaii Beach Safety): Banzai Beach, Safe Beach Day: about the state and county ocean safety program, Hawaii Beach Safety, archived beach-specific Ehukai Beach Park page, City and County of Honolulu Ocean Safety: lifeguard tower locations.
Tides & Sky
When the water moves, and how bright the night.
Calmest water was
2:31 PM – 4:31 PM
High slack · Good light · Least current
That window has passed — the water settles again at the next slack tide.
High
4:40 AM
1.71ft
Low
8:11 PM
0.087ft
Waxing Crescent
7%
Daylight: 11h 43m · UV 8 High
Life
The reef keeps its own calendar.
Brown Noddy · Pacific Golden-Plover · Sanderling · White-tailed Tropicbird · Ruddy Turnstone
Regulations
Take only what the season allows.
We've only loaded detailed seasons & limits for South Florida so far. For Hawaii, check the official source before you fish:
Hawaii saltwater regulationsOfficial source: DLNR DAR· opens the agency site
Not perfect, but the reef is calling.
Snorkel: murky viz, warm 81 F water, 4-5 ft waves, 13 mph onshore wind.
Best window was: 2:31 PM–4:31 PM · High slack · Good light · Least current