Hawaii County Surf Forecast for December 22, 2022
Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast
Shores | Today | Friday | ||
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Surf | Surf | |||
AM | PM | AM | PM | |
North Facing | 3-5 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 3-5 |
East Facing | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
South Facing | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
Weather | Mostly sunny. | |||||
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High Temperature | In the lower 80s. | |||||
Winds | Southwest winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. |
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Sunrise | 6:50 AM HST. | |||||
Sunset | 5:47 PM HST. |
Weather | Partly cloudy. | |||||
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Low Temperature | In the upper 60s. | |||||
Winds | Southwest winds around 5 mph. | |||||
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Weather | Mostly sunny. | |||||
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High Temperature | In the lower 80s. | |||||
Winds | Light and variable winds, becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. |
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Sunrise | 6:51 AM HST. | |||||
Sunset | 5:47 PM HST. |
Forecast for Big Island Leeward
Shores | Today | Friday | ||
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Surf | Surf | |||
AM | PM | AM | PM | |
West Facing | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
South Facing | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
Weather | Mostly sunny. |
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High Temperature | In the lower 80s. |
Winds | Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon. |
Sunrise | 6:54 AM HST. |
Sunset | 5:51 PM HST. |
Weather | Mostly sunny. Isolated showers. |
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High Temperature | In the mid 80s. |
Winds | Light and variable winds, becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. |
Sunrise | 6:55 AM HST. |
Sunset | 5:51 PM HST. |
Swell Summary
The current declining northwest (320 degrees) swell pushing through the islands continues to produce High Surf Advisory conditions today along north and west facing shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, along north facing shores of Maui. Surf will likely decline below HSA thresholds by later this afternoon to evening. A fresh overlapping northwest (310 degrees) swell will slowly build into the Hawaii region today, surf heights from this swell peak at HSA levels from Friday through Saturday with elevated surf continuing through Sunday as yet another similar northwest swell arrives this weekend. A downward trend in surf heights along north and west facing shores will develop by early next week as this swell energy slowly declines.
NORTH EAST
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pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Glassy in the morning with W winds less than 5mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting NW 10-15mph.
NORTH WEST
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pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Clean in the early morning with SSE winds less than 5mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting SW 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 to the SW. Glassy conditions are expected by late afternoon with NW winds less than 5mph.
SOUTH EAST
am
pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with SW winds 5-10mph. Choppy/disorganized conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting SSW 10-15mph.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com