A High Surf Advisory is posted for south, north and east shores of the Big Island through 6 p.m. Thursday. Surf, generated by Nora, of 6 to 9 foot faces is expected. Expect strong breaking waves, shore break and strong longshore and rip currents making swimming difficult and dangerous.
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Big Island Surf Forecast
Hilo side: Wave heights are expected shoulder/head high today.
Kona side: Wave heights thigh/waist high are expected today. Smaller waves are expected for spots not open to the south-southwest.
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South: Wave heights waist/shoulder/head high are expected for the breaks open to the east-southeast Nora swell. Best breaks could get bigger on the sets. Spots not open to the tropical swell will be smaller.
North-northwest swell is expected to top out middle of the week before fading out. Smaller west surf generated by Choi-Wan continues to mix in for exposures open to the swell.
Nora is forecast to bring advisory level east-southeast swell to the Big Island through Thursday.
Our current south-southwest swell is expected to continue fading as a new small south-southwest fills in.
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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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Big Island Surf Forecast
North-northwest swell is expected to top out middle of the week before fading out. Smaller west surf generated by Choi-Wan continues to mix in for exposures open to the swell.
