Big Island Surf Forecast: Swells Easing Today
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Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)
Small Craft Advisory: Hawaii County windy channels and waters through 6 p.m. Monday.
**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Big Island projected winds, tides, swell direction & period and expected wave heights.**
Big Island Surf Forecast
Hilo side: Wave heights are forecast to be shoulder high to a couple feet overhead today.
Kona side: Wave heights are expected to be knee/waist high today with the best breaks getting up to chest high on the sets.
South: Wave heights are expected to be knee/waist high today with the best breaks getting up to chest high on the sets.
Our current south-southwest swell continues to fade through the first half of this week. A new but small south-southwest swell is expected to fill in Tuesday.
Our current easing west-northwest swell is expected to be down to leftovers Monday. Only minimal northwest energy expected through the week. We might see a new swell around the 12th.
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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NOAA NWS high surf warning, April 2, 2017.
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