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Big Island Surf Forecast
Hilo side: Wave heights are expected overhead to a few feet overhead out of the northwest. Trade swell is up to waist/chest/shoulder high.
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Kona side: Wave heights are expected to be knee/waist high today from wrap out of the northwest. South-southwest is knee high or less.
South: Breaks open to the south-southwest swell are around knee high today. Standout spots can get up to waist/shoulder high on the sets.
Northwest swell is expected to hold through this morning before easing later in the day. Another round of swell is expected out of the west-northwest Friday and Saturday with another northwest swell on its heels for Sunday and Monday.
Trade swell is expected to remain pretty small through the week.
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Our current south-southwest lingers through the week with wave heights topping out in the knee high range, possibly bigger at standouts on the sets.
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
Northwest swell is expected to hold through this morning before easing later in the day. Another round of swell is expected out of the west-northwest Friday and Saturday with another northwest swell on its heels for Sunday and Monday.
