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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for January 18, 2023

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


Shores Today Thursday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 3-5 3-5 3-5 3-5
East Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
South Facing 1-3 0-2 0-2 0-2
TODAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.8 feet 08:02 AM HST.
High 1.1 feet 11:48 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:57 AM HST.
Sunset 6:03 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low -0.4 feet 06:17 PM HST.
High 2.9 feet 01:59 AM HST.
THURSDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Southeast winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.6 feet 08:43 AM HST.
High 1.2 feet 12:57 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:57 AM HST.
Sunset 6:04 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Thursday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 3-5 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 1-3 0-2 0-2 0-2
TODAY

Weather Mostly sunny until 12 PM, then mostly
cloudy. Hazy. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming
west in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low 0.6 feet 08:39 AM HST.
High 0.9 feet 12:26 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.2 feet 09:11 AM HST.
High 0.6 feet 01:13 PM HST.
Sunrise 7:02 AM HST.
Sunset 6:07 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Partly cloudy. Hazy. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds North winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona Low -0.3 feet 06:54 PM HST.
High 2.3 feet 02:37 AM HST.
Kawaihae Low -0.3 feet 06:50 PM HST.
High 2.6 feet 02:31 AM HST.
THURSDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Hazy. Isolated showers.
High Temperature Around 80.
Winds Northwest winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona Low 0.4 feet 09:20 AM HST.
High 0.9 feet 01:35 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.1 feet 09:54 AM HST.
High 0.6 feet 02:19 PM HST.
Sunrise 7:01 AM HST.
Sunset 6:08 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A couple new reinforcing northwest swells are expected today and tomorrow, which should maintain moderate surf along north facing shores. A larger northwest swell should bring another round of advisory level surf to north and west facing shores on Friday, with a dip below advisory levels forecast for Saturday. A much larger northwest swell is expected Sunday through Monday with surf heights well above warning thresholds during its peak Sunday afternoon through Sunday night. Minimal surf is expected along south and east facing shores.

NORTH EAST

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal surf (ankle or less) for the morning with a waist to chest high E short period wind swell filling in during the afternoon.

Conditions: Sideshore texture/chop with SSE winds 10-15mph in the morning shifting ESE 15-20mph in the afternoon.

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Glassy in the early morning with S winds less than 5mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting WSW 5-10mph.

WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

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

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

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

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

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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