ika Moana of Honu ika Moana Wait Times
Average that day
9min
Sun, Aug 30
Hours
Opens 9:30am
Posted hours
Range
5–15 min
Low 2:37pm · high 12:21pm
Typical Sunday
16 min
7 min quieter that day
Photo: Universal
Ride the waves like the ancient Waturi did, twisting and turning along the waterway. Ika Moana, the whale, joyfully sprays water from his blowhole before everyone splashes down together in the waters below.
Sunday, Aug 30 vs a typical Sunday
Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Sundays
Average
9 min
Lowest
5 min 2:37pm
Highest
15 min 12:21pm
Best times to go
Shortest waits usually come around 7am and 7pm, and Sun runs about 12 min shorter than Sat.
Average standby each hour, day by day
| 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm | 10pm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 8 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Tue | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 9 | · | · | · | · | · |
| Wed | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 15 | · | 5 | · | · | · |
| Thu | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 5 | · |
| Fri | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 23 | 22 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 15 | · |
| Sat | 6 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 42 | 39 | 42 | 37 | 27 | 34 | 20 | 17 | · | · | · | 10 |
| Sun | 5 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 11 | · | · | · | · | · |
Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.
History
Average
15 min
Lowest
5 min Jun 3
Highest
48 min Jul 22
Average
16 min
Lowest
5 min Aug 23
Highest
30 min Sep 6
Average
17 min
Lowest
12 min Oct 2026
Highest
23 min Jul 2026
Average
19 min
Lowest
19 min 2026
Highest
19 min 2026
Ride status
Down once for 1h 43m in total
- 2:56pm – 4:40pm 1h 43m
Broke down on 25 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.