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Hickam Harbor Beach

Hawaii · United States

IntermediateBeach break21.317, -157.951

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Hickam Harbor Beach is a NE-facing sand beach on the United States shoreline, opening onto the Coastal Waters — it catches N–SE swell, and offshore SW–W winds tidy the banks through year-round.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~26.9°C (80.4°F) on average

Jan

24.5°C

76.1°F · 23.4–25.7°C

Feb

24.3°C

75.7°F · 23.4–25.4°C

Mar

24.2°C

75.6°F · 23–25.4°C

Apr

24.5°C

76.1°F · 23.3–25.2°C

May

25.3°C

77.5°F · 24.5–26.7°C

Jun

25.7°C

78.3°F · 24.5–26.6°C

Jul

26.1°C

79°F · 25.1–27.4°C

Aug

26.4°C

79.5°F · 25.2–27.7°C

Sep

26.9°C

80.4°F · 25.3–28.8°C

Oct

26.7°C

80.1°F · 25.3–27.8°C

Nov

26.2°C

79.2°F · 24.7–27.5°C

Dec

25.2°C

77.4°F · 23.8–26.3°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

N–SE

Best wind

SW–W

Break type

Beach break

Best season

Year-round

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.

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