Darby Swell Fading, Small Southerly Pulses Today
Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)
There are no weather alerts posted at this time.
**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 overhead to double overhead or more today.
Kona side: Wave heights are expected to be knee/thigh high today with the best breaks up to tummy high on the sets.
South: Wave heights are expected to be tummy/chest high today. Spots catching tropical swell will be up to overhead/double overhead or more today.
Only small southerly pulses are expected. A new southerly swell is expected for around July 31st and into the first week of August.
Darby swell is expected to fade out on Monday with trade swell being your best bet for windward exposures today. Estelle, Frank & Georgette are not likely to send significant swell to the Hawaiian Islands.
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.