Hawaii County Surf Forecast for April 06, 2022

April 6, 2022, 6:00 AM HST

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

TODAY

Weather

Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

Northwest winds around 5 mph.

Tides
Kona	Low 0.0 feet 12:05 PM HST.
Kawaihae	High 0.6 feet 06:35 AM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.1 feet 12:20 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:13 AM HST.

Sunset

6:40 PM HST.

TONIGHT

Weather

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

Low Temperature

In the mid 60s.

Winds

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

Tides
Kona	High 1.5 feet 07:50 PM HST.
Kawaihae	High 1.8 feet 08:04 PM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.4 feet 04:00 AM HST.

THURSDAY

Weather

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

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

West winds around 5 mph.

Tides
Kona	Low 0.1 feet 12:36 PM HST.
Kawaihae	High 0.5 feet 07:17 AM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.2 feet 12:55 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:12 AM HST.

Sunset

6:40 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A medium size northwest swell is forecast to reach the western islands tonight into Thursday and pass across the state through early Friday. This will peak surf Thursday but maximum surf heights will remain well below Surf Advisory criteria. An extended period of fresh to locally strong trades upstream of the islands will introduce short period, higher wind wave chop along many northeastern and eastern facing exposures from tonight into the weekend. Small background southerly swell will occur through the remainder of the work week. A slightly larger, long period south swell is scheduled to arrive this weekend. This will elevate south facing shore surf by a couple of feet into early next week.

NORTH EAST

am pm

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

Conditions: Semi glassy in the morning with SSE winds less than 5mph. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the ENE.

NORTH WEST

am pm

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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

WEST

am pm

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Fairly clean in the morning with NNE winds 5-10mph. Semi glassy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting NW less than 5mph.

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SOUTH EAST

am pm

Surf: Small scale (ankle to knee high) surf.

Conditions: Semi glassy/semi bumpy in the morning with ENE winds less than 5mph. Light sideshore texture conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting NE 5-10mph.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com