Surf Report

Hawaii County Surf Forecast for October 13, 2021

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Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Thursday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 3-5 3-5 2-4 2-4
TODAY

Weather Sunny until 12 PM, then mostly cloudy.
Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Kona High 2.0 feet 11:02 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 2.3 feet 10:44 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:18 AM HST.
Sunset 6:02 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the lower 70s.
Winds Southeast winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona Low 0.5 feet 06:52 PM HST.
High 0.9 feet 11:07 PM HST.
Low 0.4 feet 04:28 AM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.3 feet 06:44 PM HST.
High 0.8 feet 11:59 PM HST.
Low 0.5 feet 04:22 AM HST.
THURSDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds South winds around 5 mph, becoming
southwest in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona High 2.0 feet 12:05 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 2.2 feet 11:52 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:19 AM HST.
Sunset 6:01 PM HST.

Swell Summary

As the trades weaken later this week, surf along east facing shores will slow diminish. The current southerly swell will continue to slowly subside through midweek, with small background swells arriving through the weekend. A small long- period northwest swell is expected to arrive Thursday, peak Friday and then lower slowly into early next week .

NORTH EAST

am        pm  

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Knee to waist high E short period wind swell for the morning going more ENE and building into the waist to chest range in the afternoon.

Conditions: Sideshore texture/chop with ESE winds 10-15mph in the morning shifting SE 5-10mph in the afternoon.

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with SSW winds 5-10mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting SW 10-15mph.

WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Semi glassy/semi bumpy with S winds 5-10mph in the morning shifting W for the afternoon.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Knee to waist high E 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 with NE winds 10-15mph.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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