Ehukai, United States

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Kahuku, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), 41 km.

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About Ehukai

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces NW (322°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (142°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 400 m out (1 in 42). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 24°C in March, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7; in July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Kahuku, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), 41 km. Within 5 km we also list 15 surf spots, 3 wind sports spots and 2 dive sites.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 12 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), direct.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Kahuku, 9 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), 41 km.
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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Ehukai, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	39, fair	4 ft10 scrumbling	280kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	28, poor	4 ft6 smushy	138kJ	wind from the east, 14 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	22, poor	3 ft7 smushy	76kJ	wind from the east, 14 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	36, fair	4 ft6 smushy	116kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	35, poor	3 ft6 smushy	76kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	26, too small	3 ft7 smushy	63kJ	wind from the east, 8 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	22, too small	2 ft8 smushy	64kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	56, good	3 ft8 ssoft	148kJ	wind from the north-east, 7 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	49, good	3 ft9 scrumbling	141kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	25°C
Tue 27Oct	72, good	4 ft12 scrumbling	331kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	27°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to HNL, then 1h by road. About 12h 35 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 28 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Ehukai
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 12 kn (23 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Ehukai
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, wind 10 kn (18 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to HNL, then 1h by road. About 12h 35 door to door

Rough cost

About £900–£1,720 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to HNL, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag	£420–£870
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£260–£480
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£115–£190
Total		£900–£1,720

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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