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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for December 15, 2022

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


Shores Today Friday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 5-7 5-7 5-7 10-14
East Facing 5-7 2-4 1-3 1-3
South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TODAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay High 2.1 feet 08:14 AM HST.
Low 0.6 feet 03:51 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:47 AM HST.
Sunset 5:44 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 60s.
Winds South winds around 10 mph in the
evening, becoming light and variable.
Tides
Hilo Bay High 1.1 feet 09:49 PM HST.
Low 0.9 feet 02:03 AM HST.
FRIDAY

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with
isolated thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Light and variable winds.
Tides
Hilo Bay High 2.0 feet 09:04 AM HST.
Low 0.4 feet 04:25 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:47 AM HST.
Sunset 5:44 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Friday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 1-3 0-2 4-6 4-6
South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TODAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Light and variable winds, becoming west
around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona High 1.7 feet 08:52 AM HST.
Low 0.4 feet 04:28 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 1.8 feet 08:48 AM HST.
Low 0.2 feet 04:26 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:51 AM HST.
Sunset 5:48 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 60s.
Winds Light and variable winds, becoming
north around 5 mph after midnight.
Tides
Kona High 0.9 feet 10:27 PM HST.
Low 0.6 feet 02:40 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 1.0 feet 11:10 PM HST.
Low 0.8 feet 03:13 AM HST.
FRIDAY

Weather Mostly cloudy. Numerous showers with
isolated thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Light and variable winds.
Tides
Kona High 1.6 feet 09:42 AM HST.
Low 0.3 feet 05:02 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 1.6 feet 09:38 AM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 05:01 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:51 AM HST.
Sunset 5:48 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A large northwest (320 degree) swell will build into the region this afternoon and evening near Kauai and then spread southeastward to Oahu, Molokai and Maui later tonight. Surf heights along north facing shores will quickly rise into High Surf Warning (HSW) levels and west facing shores into High Surf Advisory levels by Friday. This swell will decline through the weekend, followed by another much larger northwest (310-320 degree) swell building into the region exceeding HSW levels from Sunday night through Tuesday.

East shore surf will maintaining moderate surf heights through this afternoon. Otherwise, no significant surf is due for east and south shores for the remainder of the week.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

NORTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Knee to thigh high fading E short period wind swell for the morning with only minimal surf during the afternoon.

Conditions: Semi clean/textured in the morning with S winds 10-15mph. Choppy/disorganized conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the ESE.

NORTH WEST

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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

WEST

am        pm  

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Semi glassy/semi bumpy in the morning with ESE winds 5-10mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the SE.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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