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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for April 09, 2023

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


Shores Today Monday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 0-2 0-2 0-2 2-4
East Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 3-5
South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TODAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms.
High Temperature Around 80.
Winds East winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low -0.3 feet 10:35 AM HST.
High 2.3 feet 05:57 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:07 AM HST.
Sunset 6:37 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Numerous showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 60s.
Winds East winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.8 feet 12:31 AM HST.
High 1.2 feet 04:32 AM HST.
MONDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature Around 80.
Winds Northeast winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low -0.2 feet 11:10 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:06 AM HST.
Sunset 6:37 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Monday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2
South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TODAY

Weather Sunny until 12 PM, then mostly cloudy.
Scattered showers and a slight chance
of thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Southwest winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona Low -0.2 feet 11:12 AM HST.
Kawaihae Low -0.2 feet 11:25 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:11 AM HST.
Sunset 6:41 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then partly
cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds East winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona High 1.8 feet 06:35 PM HST.
Low 0.5 feet 01:08 AM HST.
High 0.9 feet 05:10 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 2.1 feet 06:47 PM HST.
Low 0.3 feet 02:00 AM HST.
MONDAY

Weather Sunny until 12 PM, then partly sunny.
Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Light and variable winds, becoming
northwest around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low -0.2 feet 11:47 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 0.6 feet 06:14 AM HST.
Low -0.2 feet 11:58 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:10 AM HST.
Sunset 6:41 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Surf along east facing shores should see a steady increase of rough and choppy surf Monday through the middle of the week. Surf could approach High Surf Advisory thresholds during the middle of the week. A moderate, medium period north (350 degree) swell Monday afternoon through Wednesday will be followed by a smaller long-period northwest (320 degree) swell Friday through next weekend. South surf will remain small for the foreseeable future with mainly background swells and trade wind wrap.

NORTH EAST

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

am        pm  

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

Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with SSE winds 10-15mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting SE 5-10mph.

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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

WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

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

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Ankle high ESE short period wind swell in the morning builds a bit for the afternoon.

Conditions: Fairly clean in the morning with N winds 5-10mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the ENE.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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