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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for December 16, 2023

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


Shores Today Sunday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 10-14 8-12 8-12 8-12
East Facing 7-9 6-8 6-8 6-8
South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TODAY

Weather Mostly cloudy until 12 PM, then mostly
sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the upper 70s.
Winds North winds around 15 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay High 2.9 feet 06:07 AM HST.
Low 0.6 feet 01:06 PM HST.
High 1.1 feet 05:26 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:47 AM HST.
Sunset 5:44 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the lower 60s.
Winds North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.0 feet 11:22 PM HST.
SUNDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature Around 80.
Winds Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay High 2.7 feet 06:54 AM HST.
Low 0.6 feet 02:01 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:48 AM HST.
Sunset 5:44 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Sunday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 3-5 3-5 3-5 3-5
South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TODAY

Weather Mostly sunny until 12 PM, then cloudy.
Isolated showers.
High Temperature Around 80.
Winds Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming
southwest in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona High 2.3 feet 06:45 AM HST.
Low 0.4 feet 01:43 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 2.6 feet 06:45 AM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 02:14 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:51 AM HST.
Sunset 5:48 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then mostly
clear.
Low Temperature In the lower 60s.
Winds North winds around 5 mph, becoming east
after midnight.
Tides
Kona High 0.9 feet 06:04 PM HST.
Low 0.0 feet 11:59 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 0.7 feet 07:08 PM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 12:05 AM HST.
SUNDAY

Weather Sunny until 12 PM, then partly sunny.
Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds East winds around 5 mph, becoming
northwest in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona High 2.2 feet 07:32 AM HST.
Low 0.4 feet 02:38 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 2.4 feet 07:33 AM HST.
Low 0.0 feet 03:01 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:52 AM HST.
Sunset 5:48 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Rough conditions will continue along north and east facing shores due to breezy northeast winds and a mix of north to northeast wind and ground swell driving surf well above normal for east facing shores. The trend will persist through early next week as a large northeast swell arrives Monday, which could drive east facing shores to the warning level. A downward trend is then expected Tuesday through midweek. A small, long-period southwest swell is expected to fill in Monday through Tuesday, then persist through midweek. A long-period northwest swell will lead to the surf trending upward along exposed north and west facing shores late next week.

NORTH EAST

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

am        pm  

Surf: Knee to waist high NE short period wind swell with occasional stomach high sets.

Conditions: Glassy with WNW winds less than 5mph in the morning shifting NNE for the afternoon.

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Clean in the morning with SE winds 5-10mph. Light sideshore texture conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the SSW.

WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Conditions: Fairly clean in the early morning with ESE winds 5-10mph. Semi choppy conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting S.

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Knee to thigh high ENE short period wind swell with occasional waist high sets.

Conditions: Semi clean/textured in the morning with N winds 10-15mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting NNE 15-20mph.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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