Surf Report

Hawaii County Surf Forecast for August 14, 2021

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Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Sunday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
TODAY

Weather Mostly sunny until 12 PM, then mostly
cloudy. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming
southwest in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona High 1.5 feet 08:45 AM HST.
Low 0.8 feet 02:15 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 1.8 feet 09:15 AM HST.
Low 0.9 feet 03:14 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:04 AM HST.
Sunset 6:53 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then partly
cloudy. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the lower 70s.
Winds Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming
east after midnight.
Tides
Kona High 1.5 feet 07:29 PM HST.
Low 0.2 feet 02:39 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 1.4 feet 08:07 PM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 02:50 AM HST.
SUNDAY

Weather Mostly sunny until 12 PM, then mostly
cloudy. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming
southwest in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona High 1.7 feet 10:26 AM HST.
Low 0.9 feet 04:27 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 2.0 feet 10:31 AM HST.
Low 0.9 feet 05:27 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:05 AM HST.
Sunset 6:52 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A long-lived, long-period WNW swell will have several pulses that arrive through early next week. A relatively small S swell will persist through the weekend. A large, long-lived, long period S swell will have several pulses that arrive from Monday through Wednesday, with peak surf heights along S facing shores likely reaching our new advisory threshold of 10 feet (faces). Surf along E facing shores will remain small for the next several days, while a long-period E swell from distant Hurricane Linda may arrive by the middle of the upcoming week.

NORTH EAST

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Surf: Knee to thigh high NE short period wind swell for the morning drops a bit during the afternoon.

Conditions: Semi glassy/semi bumpy with ENE winds 5-10mph in the morning shifting ESE less than 5mph in the afternoon. Glassy conditions are expected by late afternoon with NNE winds less than 5mph.

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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Conditions: Clean in the morning with SE winds less than 5mph. Semi choppy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting WSW 10-15mph.

WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Semi glassy in the morning with SSE winds less than 5mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting W 5-10mph.

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SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Ankle high ENE short period wind swell in the morning builds a bit for the afternoon.

Conditions: Sideshore texture/chop with NNE winds 10-15mph.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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