Hakalau, United States

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Papaikou, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ITO (ITO), 22 km.

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About Hakalau

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

The spot faces NE (48°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (228°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 24°C in March, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 27°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Papaikou, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ITO (ITO), 22 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

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

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From Chicago: about 13 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to KOA, direct.
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Getting there. 2 h from the airport to Hakalau.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Papaikou, 13 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: ITO (ITO), 22 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Hakalau, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	54, good	7 ft6 shollow	298kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots, offshore	25°C
Tue 20Oct	57, good	7 ft6 shollow	322kJ	wind from the west, 4 knots, offshore	25°C
Wed 21Oct	43, fair	6 ft6 shollow	231kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots, offshore	24°C
Thu 22Oct	33, too small	5 ft6 shollow	153kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots, offshore	25°C
Fri 23Oct	21, too small	3 ft6 shollow	71kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots, offshore	25°C
Sat 24Oct	16, too small	3 ft6 shollow	75kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	25°C
Sun 25Oct	23, too small	4 ft6 shollow	87kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	23°C
Mon 26Oct	11, too small	3 ft7 shollow	62kJ	wind from the south, 9 knots, offshore	22°C
Tue 27Oct	19, too small	3 ft9 shollow	106kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots, offshore	23°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 today, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to KOA, then 2h by road. About 13h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Hakalau
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Hakalau
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Hakalau
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to KOA, then 2h by road. About 13h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £940–£1,790 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 KOA, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag	£415–£865
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£115–£190
Food	7 days eating out	£260–£480
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£115–£190
Total		£940–£1,790

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

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