Hawaii County Surf Forecast for March 23, 2023
Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast
| Shores | Today | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surf | Surf | |||
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 4-6 | 4-6 |
| East Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 3-5 |
| South Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 1-3 |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. |
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| High Temperature | Around 80. | |||||
| Winds | Southeast winds around 10 mph. | |||||
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| Sunrise | 6:21 AM HST. | |||||
| Sunset | 6:32 PM HST. | |||||
| Weather | Mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then partly cloudy. Isolated showers. |
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| Low Temperature | In the upper 60s. | |||||
| Winds | Southeast winds around 10 mph. | |||||
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| Weather | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers. | |||||
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| High Temperature | In the lower 80s. | |||||
| Winds | Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. | |||||
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| Sunrise | 6:20 AM HST. | |||||
| Sunset | 6:32 PM HST. | |||||
Forecast for Big Island Leeward
| Shores | Today | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surf | Surf | |||
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| West Facing | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-3 |
| South Facing | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| Weather | Partly sunny. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms. |
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| High Temperature | In the lower 80s. |
| Winds | Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming west in the afternoon. |
| Sunrise | 6:25 AM HST. |
| Sunset | 6:36 PM HST. |
Swell Summary
Surf is expected to remain below the High Surf Advisory criteria along all shorelines through this weekend. A fetch of strong easterly winds just upstream of the state will continue to produce moderate, choppy surf along east facing shores today, and then will gradually lower from this evening through Friday. A mix of small northwest and north-northwest swells will maintain modest surf along most exposed north and west facing shorelines from later today and tonight into this weekend. The current small, medium-period south swell will slowly fade through Friday, with only small background south swell energy expected this weekend.
NORTH EAST
am 
pm 
Surf: Knee to waist high E short period wind swell for the morning with occasional stomach sets. This builds to chest to shoulder high for the afternoon.
Conditions: Choppy/sideshore current with SE winds 15-20mph in the morning increasing to 20-25mph in the afternoon.
NORTH WEST
am 
pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Semi glassy/semi bumpy with WNW winds 5-10mph in the morning shifting NNW for the afternoon.
WEST
am 
pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Semi choppy with NW winds 5-10mph in the morning shifting NNW 10-15mph in the afternoon.
SOUTH EAST
am pm 
Surf: Knee to waist high ESE short period wind swell for the morning with occasional stomach sets. This builds to waist to chest high for the afternoon.
Conditions: Bumpy/semi bumpy in the morning with ESE winds 5-10mph. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the SSE.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com
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