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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for October 20, 2023

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


Shores Today Saturday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 8-12 6-8 5-7 5-7
East Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 6-8 6-8 3-5 3-5
TODAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds North winds around 5 mph, becoming
northeast in the afternoon.
Tides
Hilo Bay High 2.4 feet 07:40 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:16 AM HST.
Sunset 5:54 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Partly cloudy. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the lower 70s.
Winds Southeast winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.3 feet 12:20 AM HST.
SATURDAY

Weather Mostly sunny.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay High 2.4 feet 09:13 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:17 AM HST.
Sunset 5:53 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Saturday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 6-8 6-8 3-5 3-5
TODAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds West winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona High 1.9 feet 08:18 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 2.3 feet 08:17 AM HST.
Low 0.5 feet 04:35 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:20 AM HST.
Sunset 5:58 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then partly
cloudy. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the lower 70s.
Winds Southwest winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona Low 0.2 feet 12:57 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 0.6 feet 07:55 PM HST.
Low 0.3 feet 01:05 AM HST.
SATURDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds North winds around 5 mph, becoming west
in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona High 1.9 feet 09:51 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 2.2 feet 09:33 AM HST.
Low 0.4 feet 05:53 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:21 AM HST.
Sunset 5:57 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Surf along north facing shores will lower through weekend as a north swell eases. Surf will trend back up early next week as a new north- northwest swell arrives. Heights may near the advisory level for exposed north and west facing shores of the smaller islands as early as Monday, then remain up through much of the week. Surf along south facing shores will remain above average today, then lower over the weekend as a long-period, south-southwest swell moves out. Surf will rise again early next week as overlapping long-period, south- southwest swells arrive. Surf along east facing shores will remain up for Kauai and Oahu today as a moderate, short-period northeast swell and fresh to strong northeast winds continue. Expect the surf to quickly drop off over the weekend for these 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 knee high N short period wind swell filling in during the afternoon with occasional thigh sets.

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

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Semi glassy in the morning with SSW winds less than 5mph. Semi choppy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting WSW 5-10mph.

WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Conditions: Clean in the morning with ENE winds 5-10mph. Semi choppy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the NW.

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with NNE winds 5-10mph. Semi choppy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the ENE.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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