Hawaii County Surf Forecast for December 22, 2021

December 22, 2021, 6:00 AM HST

Listen to this Article
3 minutesLoading Audio... Article will play after ad...

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	1-3	1-3	1-3	1-3

TODAY

Weather

Mostly sunny until 12 PM, then mostly
cloudy. Showers likely with isolated
thunderstorms.

High Temperature

In the upper 70s.

Winds

Light and variable winds.

Tides
Kona	High 2.1 feet 06:05 AM HST.
	Low 0.5 feet 01:04 PM HST.
	High 0.9 feet 05:13 PM HST.
Kawaihae	High 2.3 feet 06:06 AM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.2 feet 01:35 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:55 AM HST.

Sunset

5:51 PM HST.

TONIGHT

Weather

Mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then partly
cloudy. Scattered showers.

Low Temperature

In the upper 60s.

Winds

Light and variable winds, becoming east
around 5 mph after midnight.

Tides
Kona	Low 0.0 feet 11:11 PM HST.
Kawaihae	High 0.7 feet 06:11 PM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.1 feet 11:16 PM HST.

THURSDAY

Weather

Mostly sunny until 12 PM, then mostly
cloudy. Scattered showers.

High Temperature

In the upper 70s.

Winds

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

Tides
Kona	High 2.0 feet 06:42 AM HST.
Kona	Low 0.5 feet 01:46 PM HST.
Kawaihae	High 2.2 feet 06:43 AM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.2 feet 02:14 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:55 AM HST.

Sunset

5:52 PM HST.

Swell Summary

An elevated north-northeast swell will hold through Thursday, maintaining advisory level surf along the east facing shores, and to near advisory level surf along the north facing shores. Except for a moderate west-northwest pulse due in on Monday, swells from the northwest will be small. South facing shores will remain small throughout the forecast period with just background swell energy expected.

NORTH EAST

am pm

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Waist to stomach high ENE short period wind swell.

Conditions: Bumpy/choppy with E winds 15-20mph in the morning decreasing to 10-15mph in the afternoon.

NORTH WEST

am pm

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Conditions: Clean in the morning with ESE winds less than 5mph. Glassy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the SSW.

WEST

am pm

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Clean in the morning with NE winds 5-10mph. Glassy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting SSW less than 5mph.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

SOUTH EAST

am pm

Surf: Knee to thigh high ESE short period wind swell for the morning with occasional waist sets. This builds to waist to stomach high for the afternoon.

Conditions: Bumpy/choppy with E winds 15-20mph in the morning shifting ENE for the afternoon.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com