Hawaii County Surf Forecast for June 08, 2022

June 8, 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	1-3	1-3	1-3	1-3
South Facing	2-4	2-4	2-4	2-4

TODAY

Weather

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

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

Southwest winds around 5 mph, becoming
west in the afternoon.

Tides
Kona	High 1.1 feet 11:56 AM HST.
Kona	Low 0.6 feet 04:59 PM HST.
Kawaihae	High 1.4 feet 12:21 PM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.8 feet 05:32 PM HST.

Sunrise

5:45 AM HST.

Sunset

7:02 PM HST.

TONIGHT

Weather

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

Low Temperature

Around 70.

Winds

North winds around 5 mph, becoming east
after midnight.

Tides
Kona	High 1.5 feet 10:59 PM HST.
Kona	Low 0.0 feet 05:55 AM HST.
Kawaihae	High 1.5 feet 11:04 PM HST.
Kawaihae	Low -0.1 feet 05:59 AM HST.

THURSDAY

Weather

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

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

Northwest winds around 5 mph.

Tides
Kona	High 1.5 feet 12:49 PM HST.
Kawaihae	High 1.7 feet 01:03 PM HST.

Sunrise

5:45 AM HST.

Sunset

7:03 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A series of small, medium period, south swells will keep surf along south facing shores elevated over the next couple of days. Surf heights will drop a bit from Friday into the weekend. The start of the next long term boost to south side surf is possible Wednesday or Thursday next week.

The current small northwest swell will fade, with declining surf heights along north and west facing shores through Friday. Another small, medium period, northwest swell arrives late Saturday into Sunday. Small wind wave chop will persist along east facing shores through Friday, and will rise over the weekend.

NORTH EAST

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am pm

Surf: Ankle high E short period wind swell in the morning builds a bit for the afternoon.

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

NORTH WEST

am pm

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Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Clean in the early morning with ESE winds 5-10mph. 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.

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Conditions: Clean in the morning with E winds less than 5mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting SW 5-10mph.

SOUTH EAST

am pm

Surf: Ankle high ESE short period wind swell in the morning builds a bit for the afternoon.

Conditions: Semi glassy in the morning with NNE winds less than 5mph. Semi choppy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting ENE 10-15mph.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com