Darby Swell Filling in Today
Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)
A Small Craft Advisory is posted for our windier coastal waters through 6 p.m. Thursday.
**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 for spots exposed to the tropical swell are expected to be around head high to overhead today. The best exposures could go double overhead or more on the Hilo side. Trades making conditions blown out.
Kona side: Wave heights are expected to be waist high or less today.
South: Wave heights are expected to be knee / thigh high today with maybe waist high waves on the sets. Spots catching tropical and trade swell will be up to overhead or more today.
Our current south-southwest swell is still fading with a small swell mixing in. A new southerly swell is expected for around July 30th.
Quiet in the North Pacific at this time.
Trade swell will fill in through Thursday. Darby swell is expected to peak Friday before slowly fading through the weekend. Estelle should also generate swell. Will keep an eye on the development and bring you details as they become clearer.
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.