SSW Holds This Weekend, NW Peaks Saturday
Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)
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Big Island Surf Forecast
Hilo side: Wave heights are forecast to be knee/shoulder high today.
Kona side: Wave heights are expected to be waist/chest high today.
South: Wave heights are expected to be waist/chest high today.
A fun south-southwest should hold through the weekend. This swell will begin to ease Sunday into early next week. Another south-southwest is forecast from the 19th to the 21st with yet another swell expected around the 27th.
A northwest swell peaks Saturday and eases Sunday into Monday. Another small northwest is forecast to fill in Tuesday.
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.