Trade Swell Holds, SSW Begins to Fade Today

Alerts

A Small Craft Advisory is posted for the Alenuihaha channel and Big Island leeward and southern waters through 6 p.m. Wednesday for east winds up to 25 knots and rough seas up to 11 feet.

**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Big Island projected winds, tides, swell direction & period and expected wave heights.**

Big Island Surf Forecast

Hilo side: Wave heights are expected waist/head high today. The best breaks catching the trade swell could get up to overhead on the sets.

Kona side: Wave heights waist/shoulder high are expected early in the day today. Best breaks could get up to head high or more on the sets. Trending down through the day.

South: Wave heights waist/shoulder high are expected for the breaks open to the fading south-southwest swell. The best breaks could get up to head high on the sets.

Our current fun south-southwest has topped out and will be trending down today. A couple reinforcing swells are likely to build in later this week and into the weekend and even into early next week.

A small northwest is expected to hold through today. Otherwise, nothing of note out of the NPAC.

Keep in mind, surf heights are measured on the face of the wave from trough to crest. Heights vary from beach to beach, and at the same beach, from break to break.  

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Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS