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SSW Slowly Fades Through Work Week

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unnamed-1Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)

A High Surf Advisory is posted for the south facing shores of all islands through 6 p.m. Monday.

A Small Craft Advisory is posted for leeward waters and the Alenuihaha channel through 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Check our breaking news section for any urgent weather alerts or updates to the weather alerts listed above.

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

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Screen Shot 2016-06-12 at 9.06.35 PMBig Island Surf Forecast

Hilo side: Wave heights for spots exposed to the swell are expected to be around shoulder high today for spots exposed to the trade swell.

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Kona side: Wave heights are expected to be chest/head high today with a slow decrease through the day.

South: Wave heights are expected to be chest/head high with occasional overhead sets today with a decrease through the day.

Screen Shot 2016-06-12 at 9.06.29 PMOur current south-southwest swell is expected to slowly decrease through the week. A reinforcement out of the south is expected to keep the swell from fading too quickly.

Quiet in the North Pacific at this time with nothing of note generating swell energy for the foreseeable future.

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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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Image: NOAA / NWS

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