Surf Report

Hawaii County Surf Forecast for September 27, 2021

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Forecast for Big Island Leeward


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

Weather Mostly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Southwest winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona High 1.6 feet 08:15 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 1.9 feet 08:31 AM HST.
Low 0.8 feet 04:34 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:14 AM HST.
Sunset 6:16 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Partly cloudy. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the lower 70s.
Winds South winds around 5 mph in the
evening, becoming light and variable.
Tides
Kona Low 0.4 feet 01:06 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 0.8 feet 07:14 PM HST.
Low 0.5 feet 01:26 AM HST.
TUESDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Light and variable winds, becoming
northwest around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
Tides
Kona High 1.6 feet 10:02 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 1.9 feet 09:49 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:14 AM HST.
Sunset 6:15 PM HST.

Swell Summary

The north-northwest swell will continue to slowly lower, with north shore surf dropping through the day. A small north swell will build in Tuesday into Wednesday with a small bump in surf heights expected along north facing shores. The south swell will fade to background level surf heights through at least Wednesday. The trade wind swell will gradually decrease today and Tuesday. East shore surf will increase back to near average heights on Thursday or Friday as the trades increase once more.

NORTH EAST

am        pm  

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Surf: Knee to thigh high ENE short period wind swell with occasional waist high sets.

Conditions: Semi glassy in the morning with SE winds less than 5mph. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting E 5-10mph. Glassy conditions are expected by late afternoon with NE winds less than 5mph.

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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

WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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

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SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Knee to waist high E short period wind swell.

Conditions: Semi clean/textured in the morning with NNE winds 10-15mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the NE.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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