Hawaii County Surf Forecast for April 16, 2021

April 16, 2021, 6:00 AM HST

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Forecast for Big Island Leeward

Shores	Today		Saturday
	Surf		Surf
	AM	PM	AM	PM
West Facing	0-2	0-2	0-2	0-2
South Facing	1-3	1-3	1-3	1-3

TODAY

Weather

Sunny. Isolated showers.

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

Light and variable winds, becoming
southwest around 5 mph in the
afternoon.

Tides
Kona	Low -0.1 feet 11:27 AM HST.
Kawaihae	High 0.7 feet 06:01 AM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.0 feet 11:41 AM HST.

Sunrise

6:05 AM HST.

Sunset

6:43 PM HST.

TONIGHT

Weather

Mostly clear. Isolated showers.

Low Temperature

In the mid 60s.

Winds

Northwest winds around 5 mph in the
evening, becoming light and variable.

Tides
Kona	High 1.6 feet 06:55 PM HST.
	Low 0.5 feet 01:48 AM HST.
	High 0.8 feet 05:11 AM HST.
Kawaihae	High 1.9 feet 07:07 PM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.3 feet 02:38 AM HST.

SATURDAY

Weather

Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

Light and variable winds, becoming
southwest around 5 mph in the
afternoon.

Tides
Kona	Low 0.0 feet 11:57 AM HST.
Kawaihae	High 0.6 feet 06:35 AM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.1 feet 12:11 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:04 AM HST.

Sunset

6:43 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Short period north swells will maintain well-below advisory level surf along north shores into next week. The north swells will also bring an uptick in surf to exposed east and west shores. Background southerly swells will maintain small surf along south facing shores with a slight bump possible over the weekend.

NORTH EAST

am pm

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Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with SSE winds 10-15mph. Semi choppy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting ESE 5-10mph.

NORTH WEST

am pm

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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Conditions: Fairly clean in the early morning with S winds 5-10mph. Choppy/disorganized conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting WSW 10-15mph.

WEST

am pm

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Clean in the morning with NE winds less than 5mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting WNW 5-10mph.

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SOUTH EAST

am pm

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Semi glassy/semi bumpy with ENE winds less than 5mph in the morning shifting SE 5-10mph in the afternoon.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com