Trade Swell Continues, SSW Fading This Weekend
Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)
A Small Craft Advisory is posted for our usual windy areas through 6 p.m. Saturday for east winds from 20 to 25 knots.
**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 trade swell are expected to be knee/waist/chest high today.
Kona side: Wave heights are expected to be ankle/knee high today.
South: Wave heights are expected to be ankle/knee high today. Spots catching trade swell could get up to knee/waist/chest high.
Our current south-southwest swell is down to leftovers.
Trade swell will continue for the next few days with onshore conditions for windward sides.
Pre-season north-northwest swell is expected for Saturday but the Big Island will be heavily shadowed from this swell.
Models are showing activity in the West Pacific so there is potential for swell energy out of that region in the future.
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.