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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for May 13, 2022

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Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Saturday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2
South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TODAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Northwest winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona Low -0.2 feet 07:48 AM HST.
High 1.9 feet 02:33 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low -0.2 feet 07:56 AM HST.
High 2.0 feet 02:47 PM HST.
Sunrise 5:49 AM HST.
Sunset 6:52 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Partly cloudy. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 60s.
Winds Northeast winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona Low 0.3 feet 08:31 PM HST.
High 1.5 feet 02:01 AM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.2 feet 09:06 PM HST.
High 1.3 feet 02:24 AM HST.
SATURDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds East winds around 5 mph, becoming west
in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low -0.3 feet 08:17 AM HST.
High 2.1 feet 03:13 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low -0.3 feet 08:25 AM HST.
High 2.3 feet 03:26 PM HST.
Sunrise 5:49 AM HST.
Sunset 6:52 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Surf along east facing shores will remain rough into the weekend, then ease Sunday into early next week as the trades diminish. Surf along all other shores will remain small through the weekend with mainly background south to southeast energy moving through. The small northwest swell that arrived Thursday will linger today, then move out over the weekend. Surf along south facing shores will trend up Tuesday through midweek as a new, long-period south swell arrives.

NORTH EAST

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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: Choppy/sideshore current with SE winds 15-20mph in the morning shifting ESE for the afternoon.

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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Conditions: Glassy in the early morning with S 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 SSE winds less than 5mph. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting WSW 5-10mph.

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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: Semi glassy in the morning with NNE winds 5-10mph. Semi choppy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the ENE.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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