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Point Panics, United States

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About Point Panics

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

The spot faces SW (203°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (23°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.0 km out (1 in 104). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 25°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 27°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Honolulu, 1.6 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 19 surf spots, 2 wind sports spots and 6 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 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), direct.

    See flights ORD → HNL · Skyscanner from about £420 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Point Panics.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct523 ft11 ssoft162kJ27°C
Mon 19Oct542 ft11 ssoft130kJ27°C
Tue 20Oct232 ft8 smushy35kJ27°C
Wed 21Oct402 ft12 ssoft90kJ26°C
Thu 22Oct412 ft11 ssoft99kJ26°C
Fri 23Oct592 ft11 ssoft119kJ27°C
Sat 24Oct683 ft11 ssoft146kJ27°C
Sun 25Oct553 ft12 ssoft183kJ26°C
Mon 26Oct523 ft11 ssoft168kJ26°C
Tue 27Oct543 ft12 ssoft259kJ26°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 beginner surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to HNL, then 30 min by road. About 12h door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Baby Haleiwa's

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 2 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Point Panics

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 2 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Point Panics

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 2 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Point Panics

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 2 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Point Panics

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to HNL, then 30 min by road. About 12h door to door

The plan picks the best of 26 spots near Honolulu each day: Abalolo Reef, Ala Moana Bowls, Ala Moana Courts, Baby Haleiwa's, Bomboras, Cliffs, Concessions, Cromwells, Flies (incinerators), Graveyards, In Betweens, Kaisers, Kewalo's, Magic Island, Paradise, Point Panics, Queens, Radicals, Reef Runway, Sand Island, Shallows, Three's, Tongg's, Waikiki, Walls, Wench.

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Rough cost

About £1,115–£2,085 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to HNL, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag£420–£870
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£270–£455
Food7 days eating out£260–£480
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£115–£190
Total£1,115–£2,085

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

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