Hawaii County Surf Forecast for October 11, 2021
Forecast for Big Island Leeward
Shores | Today | Tuesday | ||
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Surf | Surf | |||
AM | PM | AM | PM | |
West Facing | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
South Facing | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 5-7 |
Weather | Sunny until 12 PM, then partly sunny. Scattered showers. |
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High Temperature | In the mid 80s. |
Winds | Light and variable winds, becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. |
Sunrise | 6:18 AM HST. |
Sunset | 6:04 PM HST. |
Swell Summary
Strong and persistent trade winds extending far to the east and northeast of the islands, will keep east shore surf fairly steady at low-end advisory levels during the next couple days. As the trades trend downward over and upstream of the state during the middle to latter part of the work week, east shore surf will lower as well, and likely drop to below normal levels over the weekend.
A series of overlapping south swells will keep south shore surf above normal through mid week, before dropping to mostly background levels Friday through next weekend.
Aside from some trade wind swell wrap, north shore surf will remain very small through Thursday. A small long-period northwest swell due in Thursday night, will give a small boost to the surf along north and west facing shores Friday through the weekend.
NORTH EAST
am pm
Surf: Knee to waist high NE short period wind swell for the morning with occasional stomach sets. This builds to waist to chest high for the afternoon.
Conditions: Sideshore texture/chop in the morning with SSE winds 10-15mph. Light sideshore texture conditions for the afternoon as the winds lighten to 5-10mph. Fairly clean conditions are expected for the late day with S winds 5-10mph.
NORTH WEST
am pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Glassy in the early morning with SSW winds less than 5mph. Semi choppy conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting WSW 5-10mph.
WEST
am pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Semi glassy in the morning with SE winds less than 5mph. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting WSW 5-10mph.
SOUTH EAST
am pm
Surf: Knee to waist high E short period wind swell in the morning builds in the afternoon with occasional sets up to chest high.
Conditions: Fairly clean in the morning with N winds 5-10mph. Semi clean/textured conditions for the afternoon as the winds increase to 10-15mph.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com