Hawaii County Surf Forecast for February 21, 2021

February 21, 2021, 6:00 AM HST

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Forecast for South Big Island and Big Island North and East

Shores	Today		Monday
	Surf		Surf
	AM	PM	AM	PM
North Facing	2-4	2-4	2-4	2-4
East Facing	4-6	5-7	6-8	6-8
South Facing	1-3	1-3	1-3	1-3

TODAY

Weather

Partly sunny. Occasional showers.

High Temperature

Around 80.

Winds

Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tides
Hilo Bay	Low 0.8 feet 08:19 AM HST.
	High 0.8 feet 10:20 AM HST.
	Low 0.1 feet 04:51 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:45 AM HST.

Sunset

6:23 PM HST.

TONIGHT

Weather

Mostly cloudy. Showers likely.

Low Temperature

In the mid 60s.

Winds

East winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tides
Hilo Bay	High 2.1 feet 12:54 AM HST.

MONDAY

Weather

Partly sunny. Scattered showers.

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

East winds around 10 mph.

Tides
Hilo Bay	Low 0.7 feet 08:09 AM HST.
	High 0.9 feet 11:48 AM HST.
	Low 0.0 feet 05:50 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:44 AM HST.

Sunset

6:23 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward

Shores	Today		Monday
	Surf		Surf
	AM	PM	AM	PM
West Facing	1-3	2-4	2-4	2-4
South Facing	1-3	1-3	1-3	1-3

TODAY

Weather

Mostly sunny until 12 PM, then mostly
cloudy. Hazy. Showers likely and a
slight chance of thunderstorms.

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming
west in the afternoon.

Tides
Kona	Low 0.5 feet 08:56 AM HST.
	High 0.7 feet 10:58 AM HST.
	Low 0.1 feet 05:28 PM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.4 feet 08:27 AM HST.
	High 0.5 feet 11:58 AM HST.
	Low 0.1 feet 05:16 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:49 AM HST.

Sunset

6:27 PM HST.

TONIGHT

Weather

Mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then mostly
clear. Hazy. Isolated showers.

Low Temperature

In the mid 60s.

Winds

South winds around 5 mph, becoming
northwest after midnight.

Tides
Kona	High 1.7 feet 01:32 AM HST.
Kawaihae	High 1.9 feet 01:12 AM HST.

MONDAY

Weather

Sunny until 12 PM, then mostly cloudy.
Hazy. Scattered showers.

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

Northwest winds around 5 mph.

Tides
Kona	Low 0.5 feet 08:46 AM HST.
Kona	High 0.7 feet 12:26 PM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.2 feet 08:52 AM HST.
Kawaihae	High 0.5 feet 01:12 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:48 AM HST.

Sunset

6:27 PM HST.

Swell Summary

In response to strengthened trades over and upstream of the islands, east-facing shoreline surf will be on the rise the next couple of days. Recent satellite ASCAT wind observations verify a large region of strong trades upstream of the state that will generate a long fetch region. High Surf Advisory (HSA) level surf along eastern exposures is expected to develop Monday into Tuesday. These larger wind driven seas will impact eastern-facing shores through next week.

A couple of small, overlapping longer period west northwest swells will travel around the islands in the coming days. The first of these swells is arriving today and be leveling out from tonight through Tuesday afternoon. The second set of similar low west to northwest swells will be moving through during mid to late week. Surf along north and west-facing shores will remain far below HSA levels through Friday. Energy from far Southern Hemispheric gales may clip the islands and provide a subtle bump to south-facing shoreline surf today although much of this energy will pass east of the chain.

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NORTH EAST

am pm

Surf: Knee to waist high E short period wind swell for the morning with occasional stomach sets. This builds to stomach to shoulder high for the afternoon.

Conditions: Sideshore texture/chop with SE winds 10-15mph in the morning increasing to 15-20mph in the afternoon.

NORTH WEST

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am pm

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Glassy in the early morning with WSW winds less than 5mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting WNW 5-10mph.

WEST

am pm

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Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Glassy in the early morning with NNE winds less than 5mph. Semi choppy conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting NW 5-10mph.

SOUTH EAST

am pm