New SSW Continues Building Today
Alerts
A Small Craft Advisory is posted for the ʻAlenuihāhā channel and waters to the southeast and lee side of the Big Island through 6:00 p.m. Saturday. Northeast winds from 15 to 25 knots are expected with 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.**
Hilo side: Waist/shoulder high waves expected today for east exposed breaks.
Kona side: Wave heights of thigh/waist/chest high are expected early in the day. Chest/head high waves by sunset.
South: Wave heights waist/chest/shoulder high are expected early in the day. Standout spots could get up to shoulder/head high by sundown with some waves even reaching overhead.
A fun swell is expected to reach us out of the South Pacific building Friday and peaking on Saturday with a reinforcement right on its heels.
Out of the North Pacific conditions will be pretty flat with no significant swells on the horizon.
Trade swell it expected through the end of the work week in the waist/chest high range.
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.