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The North Shore weather

Rain is likely most of the day — a good day for the rainy-day list.

  • 84°FRight now
  • 84° / 76°Today
  • 6:29 PMSunset

Conditions on The North Shore

Overcast

84°

Overcast · feels like 86°

TodayHigh 84° · Low 76°

Rain is likely most of the day — a good day for the rainy-day list.

Humidity57%
Wind13 mph ENE
Rain2%

Sunrise 6:20 AMSunset 6:29 PM

Updated

Best time to go outside today

Early afternoon, 1 PM – 7 PM

Rain is likely most of the day — a good day for the rainy-day list.

Outdoor comfort92 out of 100 · Excellent

Sweet spot around 6 PM at 79°F.

Keep an indoor option in reserve — the rest of the day is unsettled.

Updated

Hour by hour

The bar is our outdoor-comfort score for that hour: temperature, rain, wind, UV and humidity together.

  1. 76°
    4%5 AM
  2. 76°
    2%6 AM
  3. 77°
    1%7 AM
  4. 79°
    0%8 AM
  5. 80°
    0%9 AM
  6. 82°
    1%10 AM
  7. 83°
    2%11 AM
  8. 84°
    2%12 PM
  9. 83°
    1%1 PM
  10. 83°
    0%2 PM
  11. 82°
    0%3 PM
  12. 82°
    0%4 PM
  13. 80°
    0%5 PM
  14. 79°
    0%6 PM
  15. 78°
    0%7 PM
  16. 77°
    4%8 PM
  17. 77°
    21%9 PM
  18. 76°
    44%10 PM

Dimmed hours are after dark.

Updated

The week ahead

  1. Light drizzle

    84° / 76°

  2. Light drizzle

    85° / 75°

  3. Heavy drizzle

    84° / 75°

  4. Drizzle

    83° / 75°

  5. Showers

    80° / 75°

  6. Thunderstorms

    78° / 75°

  7. Light drizzle

    82° / 75°

Updated

Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise
6:20 AM
Sunset
6:29 PM
Daylight
12 hr 9 min
Golden hour
from 5:29 PM

Times are local (Pacific/Honolulu). Golden hour is the hour before sunset, when the light comes off the water at an angle and the photographs start working.

On the water

Water80°F
WavesRough — 4.3 ft
Swell period8.7s

  • BoatingPoor

    Seas around 4.3 ft with 15 mph of wind. Expect a rough ride and possible cancellations.

  • SwimmingFair

    Water at 80°F — bracing at first, fine once you are in. Surf around 4.3 ft.

  • SnorkelingPoor

    Seas around 4.3 ft will churn the water — visibility is likely poor today.

  • FishingFair

    Seas near 4.3 ft — stick to inshore creeks and sounds today.

Updated

Plan around it

What to do with the weather you have got

The forecast is only useful if it changes the plan. These are the North Shore pages that match each kind of day.

When it is wet

Indoor and under-cover plans that do not depend on the sky clearing.

When the water is behaving

On the water and in it — the things a calm, warm day is actually for.

When it is dry and mild

Land-based outdoor plans for the days the forecast gives you.

The longer view

North Shore's climate, season by season

Today's forecast tells you what to wear. This tells you when to come.

The North Shore runs its warmest in summer (June – August), averaging 85°F by day and 72°F overnight. Winter (December – February) is the other end of it: highs around 79°F, lows near 65°F. That is a 20-degree spread between the hottest afternoon and the coldest night of a typical year, which is why the same packing list does not work twice here. Visitor numbers track it closely — summer is full, fall is quiet — so the cheapest weather is rarely the most comfortable weather.

  • Winter

    December – February

    79°F / 65°F

    busycrowds
    fullprices
    • Big-wave season at Waimea, Pipeline and Sunset: watch it from the sand, do not enter
    • The Vans Triple Crown waiting period, usually mid-November into mid-December
    • Wettest weeks of the year, arriving as short squalls between clear spells

  • Spring

    March – May

    81°F / 68°F

    steadycrowds
    steadyprices
    • The surf switch flips, usually somewhere in April. Watch the forecast, not the calendar
    • Waimea Bay becomes a swimming beach again
    • Last humpbacks of the season offshore into April

  • Summer

    June – August

    85°F / 72°F

    fullcrowds
    busyprices
    • Flat, clear water at Shark's Cove and Three Tables: the best shore snorkelling of the year
    • Waimea Bay as a swimming bay, with the jumping rock in use
    • Driest months of the year, with hard reliable trade winds

  • Fall

    September – November

    84°F / 71°F

    quietcrowds
    quietprices
    • Warmest ocean of the year, around eighty degrees
    • Lowest rates and the emptiest roads, through September and October
    • The first north swells, usually late October or November, and the coast changes in days

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Last updated

Conditions checked (Pacific/Honolulu). This page refreshes every half hour. Forecast data from Open-Meteo.