As of Tuesday 4:00pm, the best window this week is Sat dawn, 8.1 of 10 - good, held back by stirred-up water. In by 6:06am at Kahekili (Airport Beach).
No ring in sight, but a morning worth having. Last rang October 22, 2026 - 19 days ago.
Right now
Water
80F
by satellite · the bell wants 62F or warmer
Buoy, right now
7.2 ft @ 14.0 s
from 323° · 680 h ago
Tide
1.0 ft falling
low -0.3 at 8:14pm
Satellite clarity
clear
Kd490 0.042, 10 days old · a witness, not a forecast
Dry spell
72 h+
the gate wants 72 hours without rain
Plankton
blue
chlorophyll 0.1 mg/m³ by satellite · green water is plankton
Moon
new · 2%
full in 14 days · new in 28
The water index
Sat dawn - this bell's best window this week, scored on its own water.
The week, scored
Each window is scored 1 to 10 for this water alone; 7 is worth the drive. The bell rings only when every condition aligns and holds across two readings.
Wed dawn6.4
swell 1.8 ft @ 7.4 s from 86° · wind 5.7 kn · tide 2.2 ft ↓ · cloud 49% · first light 6:04am · sun up 6:34am
held back by swell · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Wed dusk6.1
swell 2.8 ft @ 8.8 s from 41° · wind 5.6 kn · tide 1.1 ft ↓ · cloud 43% · sun down 5:46pm
held back by swell · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Thu dawn5.8
swell 2.9 ft @ 8.2 s from 23° · wind 4.1 kn · tide 2.3 ft ↓ · cloud 64% · first light 6:05am · sun up 6:35am
held back by swell · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Thu dusk3.9
swell 3.0 ft @ 7.7 s from 36° · wind 5.8 kn · tide 1.1 ft ↓ · cloud 90% · sun down 5:46pm
held back by swell · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Fri dawn5.6
swell 3.4 ft @ 6.3 s from 36° · wind 3.0 kn · tide 2.3 ft ↓ · cloud 82% · first light 6:05am · sun up 6:35am
held back by swell · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Fri dusk6.6
swell 3.2 ft @ 6.2 s from 38° · wind 3.6 kn · tide 0.7 ft ↓ · cloud 42% · sun down 5:45pm
held back by swell · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Sat dawn8.1
swell 2.1 ft @ 11.8 s from 21° · wind 3.3 kn · tide 2.2 ft ↓ · cloud 48% · first light 6:06am · sun up 6:36am
held back by stirred-up water · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Sat dusk8.0
swell 2.2 ft @ 9.3 s from 30° · wind 3.7 kn · tide 0.9 ft ↓ · cloud 20% · sun down 5:45pm
held back by stirred-up water · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Sun dawn7.3
swell 2.6 ft @ 9.3 s from 38° · wind 4.0 kn · tide 2.0 ft ↑ · cloud 74% · first light 6:07am · sun up 6:37am
held back by stirred-up water · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Sun dusk7.0
swell 3.5 ft @ 8.3 s from 44° · wind 3.2 kn · tide 1.1 ft ↓ · cloud 33% · sun down 5:45pm
held back by swell · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Mon dawn6.8
swell 2.8 ft @ 9.7 s from 13° · wind 2.1 kn · tide 1.8 ft ↑ · cloud 68% · first light 6:07am · sun up 6:37am
held back by swell · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Mon dusk6.9
swell 3.0 ft @ 9.9 s from 4° · wind 2.0 kn · tide 1.4 ft ↓ · cloud 35% · sun down 5:45pm
held back by swell · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Tue dawn6.6
swell 3.1 ft @ 6.6 s from 40° · wind 2.0 kn · tide 1.7 ft ↑ · cloud 91% · first light 6:08am · sun up 6:38am
held back by swell · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Tue dusk6.7
swell 2.6 ft @ 9.8 s from 9° · wind 2.5 kn · tide 0.8 ft ↓ · cloud 88% · sun down 5:44pm
held back by stirred-up water · Kahekili (Airport Beach)
Lights, left to right: flat · glass · dry · sun · warm. All five, held across two readings, and the bell rings.
The tide
Three days, from the same predictions the forecast reads. Shaded: the dawn and dusk windows.
Water temperature
The weather model's sea-surface temperature: four days past, three ahead (dotted), today marked. Where a pier or NOAA station measures the water, that reading is the card under Right now.
The water, mapped
Gold: the coves the bell names this week. Filled: placed where USGS place names and OpenStreetMap agree; hollow: one source. Blue: the instruments this bell reads, with their distance. The arrow: the week's best swell, arriving from its direction.
The coves
Kahekili (Airport Beach)named this weekrang here October 22, 2026 30 ft · sand, reef starts at your fins · herbivore reserve — the healthiest coral on the west side
Black Rock (Pu'u Keka'a)named this week 25 ft · off the sand at Ka'anapali's north end · the wall wraps the point; turtles thick by the cliff jumpers
The instruments
buoy 51205, tide station 1615680, water 80F now (the bell wants 62F or warmer).
When it rings: the leeward mornings, in the island's own wind shadow. In its casting against years of this water, 34% of mornings reached 7. Rings since casting: 1.
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The ledger
1 ring - 1 held.
Rang
Window
Cove
Promised
The morning
Verdict
Divers reported
October 22, 2026
dawn
Kahekili (Airport Beach)
8.7 · 2.1 ft @ 7.4 s · 1.3 kn · 81F · from the log