Hawaii County Surf Forecast for December 01, 2022

December 1, 2022, 6:00 AM HST

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast

Shores	Today		Friday
	Surf		Surf
	AM	PM	AM	PM
North Facing	2-4	3-5	4-6	6-8
East Facing	1-3	1-3	1-3	1-3
South Facing	1-3	1-3	1-3	1-3

TODAY

Weather

Partly sunny. Scattered showers.

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming
northeast in the afternoon.

Tides
Hilo Bay	High 2.2 feet 10:12 AM HST.
Hilo Bay	Low 0.3 feet 05:12 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:38 AM HST.

Sunset

5:40 PM HST.

TONIGHT

Weather

Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.

Low Temperature

In the upper 60s.

Winds

North winds around 5 mph, becoming
northeast after midnight.

Tides
Hilo Bay	High 1.7 feet 11:43 PM HST.
Hilo Bay	Low 0.9 feet 04:58 AM HST.

FRIDAY

Weather

Partly sunny. Scattered showers.

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

East winds around 10 mph.

Tides
Hilo Bay	High 2.1 feet 10:58 AM HST.
Hilo Bay	Low 0.1 feet 05:44 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:39 AM HST.

Sunset

5:40 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward

Shores	Today		Friday
	Surf		Surf
	AM	PM	AM	PM
West Facing	1-3	1-3	1-3	2-4
South Facing	1-3	1-3	1-3	1-3

TODAY

Weather

Sunny until 12 PM, then mostly cloudy.
Isolated showers.

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tides
Kona	High 1.8 feet 10:50 AM HST.
Kona	Low 0.2 feet 05:49 PM HST.
Kawaihae	High 1.9 feet 10:48 AM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.0 feet 05:56 PM HST.

Sunrise

6:42 AM HST.

Sunset

5:44 PM HST.

TONIGHT

Weather

Mostly clear.

Low Temperature

In the upper 60s.

Winds

South winds around 5 mph, becoming
north after midnight.

Tides
Kona	High 1.3 feet 12:21 AM HST.
Kona	Low 0.6 feet 05:35 AM HST.
Kawaihae	High 1.5 feet 12:39 AM HST.

FRIDAY

Weather

Sunny until 12 PM, then mostly cloudy.
Isolated showers.

High Temperature

In the lower 80s.

Winds

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

Tides
Kona	High 1.7 feet 11:36 AM HST.
Kawaihae	Low 0.7 feet 06:04 AM HST.
Kawaihae	High 1.6 feet 11:44 AM HST.

Sunrise

6:43 AM HST.

Sunset

5:44 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A large, long period west northwest (300-310 degree) swell will build in today, peak tonight and Friday morning and then gradually fall Friday night into the weekend. This swell is expected to be large enough to increase north and west-facing shore surf, due to the more westerly swell direction, to High Surf Advisory (HSA) levels for all islands (except Big Island) today. This swell may push north and west surf heights up to near High Surf Warning (HSW) thresholds at its peak tonight through Friday morning. This west northwest swell may sneak into Big Island's western waters Friday and increase the odds for placing their west-facing shores within a HSA. A northeast swell moving into our nearshore windward waters Saturday may also lift north and east-facing shore surf across many islands to near HSA levels over the weekend.

NORTH EAST

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am pm

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

Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with NW winds 5-10mph. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the NNW.

NORTH WEST

am pm

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Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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

WEST

am pm

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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Conditions: Semi glassy in the morning with N winds less than 5mph. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the WNW. Clean conditions are expected for the late day with ENE winds less than 5mph.

SOUTH EAST

am pm

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Glassy in the morning with N winds less than 5mph. Light sideshore texture conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting NNE 5-10mph.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com