All Swells are Forecast to Ease Today
Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)
Small Craft Advisory: Through 6 a.m. Tuesday. Northeast winds are expected around 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.**
Big Island Surf Forecast
Hilo side: Surf heights are expected to be knee/waist high today but sloppy.
Kona side: Wave heights are expected to be ankle/knee high.
South: Wave heights are expected to be ankle/knee high.
No significant swells are expected through mid-month. Slightly bigger waves expected for the weekend of the 10th and 11th.
Trade winds are easing so the east swell will ease as a result. Small Craft Advisory conditions are still occurring in some coastal waters.
Leftovers of old north-northwest swell has faded down to leftovers and conditions will be pretty flat for the weekend.
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.