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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for April 21, 2023

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


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

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Southeast winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low -0.5 feet 09:27 AM HST.
High 2.6 feet 04:29 PM HST.
Sunrise 5:58 AM HST.
Sunset 6:40 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 0.5 feet 10:59 PM HST.
High 1.4 feet 03:44 AM HST.
SATURDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low -0.4 feet 09:56 AM HST.
High 2.5 feet 05:11 PM HST.
Sunrise 5:57 AM HST.
Sunset 6:40 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Saturday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
South Facing 1-3 1-3 2-4 2-4
TODAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds North winds around 5 mph, increasing to
northwest around 15 mph in the
afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low -0.3 feet 10:04 AM HST.
High 2.1 feet 05:07 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low -0.3 feet 10:16 AM HST.
High 2.3 feet 05:24 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:02 AM HST.
Sunset 6:44 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Partly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds South winds around 5 mph, becoming east
after midnight.
Tides
Kona Low 0.4 feet 11:36 PM HST.
High 1.1 feet 04:22 AM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.1 feet 12:21 AM HST.
High 0.8 feet 05:11 AM HST.
SATURDAY

Weather Sunny until 12 PM, then partly sunny.
Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming
west in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low -0.3 feet 10:33 AM HST.
High 2.0 feet 05:49 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low -0.2 feet 10:44 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:01 AM HST.
Sunset 6:44 PM HST.

Swell Summary

The current short period west-northwest swell will gradually decline through Saturday. A new overlapping long period northwest swell is forecast to arrive by Saturday morning and another reinforcing medium period northwest swell will move in Sunday night. Surf heights along north and west facing shores will show decreasing trends today and then increase into the weekend.

Surf along south facing shores will remain tiny today. A new long period south swell will arrive tonight, peak over the weekend near the summertime average, and then slowly decline through the middle of next week. Surf along east facing shores will remain small through the middle of next week.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

NORTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Waist to chest high ESE short period wind swell.

Conditions: Sideshore texture/chop with SSE winds 15-20mph in the morning shifting SE 20-25mph in the afternoon.

NORTH WEST

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with NE winds 5-10mph. Bumpy/choppy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting N 15-20mph.

WEST

am        pm  

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Sideshore texture/chop with NNW winds 5-10mph in the morning shifting NW 15-20mph in the afternoon.

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

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

Conditions: Bumpy/semi bumpy in the morning with SE winds 5-10mph. This becomes Semi glassy/semi bumpy for the afternoon.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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