Sports · checked 12 October 2026

Play outside on Oʻahu

Pickleball and tennis on the city’s free courts (and where paying gets you a guaranteed one), and surfing — where to learn, where to watch, and what the ocean is doing right now.

Pickleball on Oʻahu10 free · 2 paidMost of the island’s pickleball is free: city park courts, first come first served, usually with lines painted but no net — bring a portable one. The paid options are one indoor club downtown and a resort on the North Shore. Here is where to play, what it costs and how the courts work.Read the guide →Tennis on Oʻahu9 free · 2 paidThe city runs about 198 tennis courts at 48 parks, all free and first come, first served — nobody can book one as an individual. Below are the best complexes, the 45-minute rule that governs them, and the paid options for lessons and a guaranteed court.Read the guide →Surfing on Oʻahu13 spots · 7 schools · live wavesTwo seasons decide everything: big winter swells on the North Shore (November to April) and summer swells on the South Shore (May to October). Learn in Waikīkī, watch Pipeline and Waimea from the sand, and check the buoys and the surf forecast below before you paddle out.Read the guide →

The ocean right now

Live from NOAA buoys · updated every 30 minutes

North Shore
Waimea Bay
3 ft
14s period · from NW · water 80°F
Mon 6:26 AM
Buoy 51201 ↗
South Shore
Pearl Harbor entrance
2.6 ft
17s period · from SSE · water 80°F
Mon 6:30 AM
Buoy 51211 ↗
Windward
Mokapu Point
4.6 ft
8s period · from ENE · water 81°F
Mon 6:26 AM
Buoy 51202 ↗
West (White Plains)
Barbers Point
3.6 ft
15s period · from S · water 81°F
Mon 6:30 AM
Buoy 51212 ↗
Early warning for North Shore swells
NW Hawaiʻi offshore
6.2 ft
from NNW · water 79°F
Mon 6:20 AM
Buoy 51101 ↗

Significant wave height out at the buoy (the average of the biggest third of waves) — not the face height on the beach.

Surf forecast · NWS Honolulu

Shore	Today AM	Today PM	Tuesday AM	Tuesday PM
North-facing	4-6 ft	4-6 ft	6-8 ft	6-8 ft
West-facing	3-5 ft	3-5 ft	3-5 ft	3-5 ft
South-facing	5-7 ft	4-6 ft	3-5 ft	2-4 ft
East-facing	2-4 ft	2-4 ft	2-4 ft	2-4 ft

Face heights, trough to crest. Issued 306 AM HST Mon Oct 12 2026.

Buoy data: NOAA National Data Buoy Center, CDIP (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and PacIOOS. Forecast: National Weather Service Honolulu.

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