SSW Swell Fading, NNE Showing Today
Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)
There are no marine alerts posted at this time.
**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Big Island projected winds, tides, swell direction & period and expected wave heights.**
Hilo side: Wave heights are forecast to be shoulder/head high today for the best breaks with sets getting overhead.
Kona side: Wave heights are expected to be knee/waist high today. Wrap from the northwest swell is also mixing in today.
South: Wave heights are expected to be knee/waist high today.
Our current south-southwest swell slowly fading Friday over the weekend it will be down to traces. Another swell is lining up to fill in on the 10th for the 11th through 13th.
Our current north-northeast swell is expected to hold through the weekend. Another, slightly larger north-northeast swell is forecast to arrive early next week and peak Tuesday night.
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.