Photo: Victor Garcia / UnsplashBeach breaks, boardshorts water year-round, growing nomad scene.
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Data updated
At a glance
Peak season—36% surfable at peak
Suits—no month clears our bar
Boardlongboard · bothbeach
Water24.4–26.8°CBoardshorts most of the year
Internet360 Mbpsmedian download · Ookla
Cost / mo$2,550+all-in, estimated
Where you'll surf — and work, eat, train
2 spots within 25 km · 2 with own season dataspot in season nowout of seasonno dot — no per-spot season data
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Spot details
- Makapuu Beach Parkbeach5.9 km
- Crowd Surf11.7 km
3 coworking · 3 cafés · 3 gymsPowered by Google — ratings and maps are live from Google Maps. SurfBase doesn't edit or rank the reviews.
All places (9)
Coworking3 listed
- Hawaii CoworkingView on Google
- Kukui HubView on Google
- Treehouse Coworking KailuaView on Google
Cafés3 listed
- Pai Cafe Coffee & Acai BowlsView on Google
- Neko Koneko CafeView on Google
- Walking Bean Cafe (Coffee, Shaved Ice, Dessert)View on Google
Gyms3 listed
- Mo'ili'ili FitnessView on Google
- Ukiyo Hawai’iView on Google
- StrongHer Hawaiʻi Fitness ClubView on Google
The surf year
Peak consistency 36% · below our season thresholdSurfable days by month · intermediateBest window — · % of days with rideable surf, ERA5 2015–2024
36peak · Jan
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Swell
midmidmidmidmidmidmidmidmidmidmido-hd
Wind ok
44%34%34%22%17%5%3%9%10%23%16%27%
Water
25°25°24°25°25°26°26°27°27°27°26°26°
Barsless surfablemore
WaterBoardshorts24°+
How we compute this
Computed from hourly ERA5 / ERA5-Ocean reanalysis (2015–2024): swell reaching this coast × wind quality × size for the chosen level, over daylight hours. Sea temperature 2023–2025.model v3 · computed 2026-09-22 · no forecast — a historical climatologyFull methodology
Surfable days by level, month by month
| Level | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 35% | 20% | 22% | 20% | 14% | 8% | 4% | 8% | 9% | 18% | 11% | 15% |
| Intermediate | 36% | 31% | 31% | 21% | 16% | 6% | 3% | 9% | 12% | 25% | 18% | 29% |
| Advanced | 27% | 27% | 25% | 15% | 12% | 3% | 2% | 6% | 9% | 20% | 17% | 25% |
Working from here
median 360 Mbps · 1 known coworking space · from $1,390 a month · leans quietInternet speedmedian download · Ookla360 Mbps
Coworking spacesknown in OpenStreetMap1
Quiet ↔ Party28 / 100
Rent rangework-ready studio, monthly · USD$1,390–$2,640
Month all-inrent + living, modeled · USD≈ $2,550–$4,200
Estimated — modeled, not sourcedFind a place to stay
Monthly-stay searches for East Honolulu.We link out — we don't book. Prices and availability live on Agoda, Booking.com and Airbnb. Some links may earn SurfBase a commission — the advice stays free and unchanged.
Getting there
Nearest airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport
CodeHNL
Distance22 km
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Sources & confidence
AI-seeded · not yet human-checkedSee the full methodology for how every figure is computed.Town references: osm · openwateratlas · wikidata · open-meteo · osm-coworking · ourairports · ookla · google-places · open-meteo-skill · osm-poi · ookla-wifi · wb-price-level
Updated 2026-09-22Suggest a correction