Hawaii County Surf Forecast for November 28, 2025
Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast
| Shores | Tonight | Friday | ||
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| Surf | Surf | |||
| PM | AM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 8-12 | 7-10 | 7-10 | 5-7 |
| East Facing | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| South Facing | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| Weather | Partly cloudy until 12 AM, then mostly cloudy. Isolated showers. |
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| Low Temperature | In the upper 60s. | ||||||
| Winds | East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south after midnight. |
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| Weather | Mostly sunny. Isolated showers. | |||||
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| High Temperature | Around 80. | |||||
| Winds | Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. | |||||
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| Sunrise | 6:36 AM HST. | |||||
| Sunset | 5:40 PM HST. | |||||
Forecast for Big Island Leeward
| Shores | Tonight | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surf | Surf | |||
| PM | AM | AM | PM | |
| West Facing | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| South Facing | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| Weather | Partly sunny until 6 PM, then partly cloudy. Hazy. Isolated showers. |
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| Low Temperature | In the upper 60s. |
| Winds | Light and variable winds. |
| Weather | Mostly sunny. Hazy. Isolated showers. |
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| High Temperature | In the lower 80s. |
| Winds | Light and variable winds, becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. |
| Sunrise | 6:40 AM HST. |
| Sunset | 5:44 PM HST. |
Swell Summary
A moderate size, long period northwest swell that peaked this morning has held High Surf Advisory (HSA) surf along the north and west-facing shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu and Molokai and the north- facing shores of Maui through this afternoon. A quick hitting reinforcing northwest swell will arrive early Friday morning that will help maintain HSA level surf through Friday morning. North and west-facing shore surf should significantly drop Friday afternoon and evening.
The hurricane force Central Pacific low currently located 1,400 nm northwest of Kauai is generating a large fetch of seas. This fetch is being aimed straight down the northwest great circle route toward Hawaii. The resultant very large northwest swell will produce XL size surf along north and west-facing small island shores Saturday night through Monday morning. Long period forerunners will begin arriving Saturday afternoon, then surf will quickly ramp up Saturday evening. The peak of this event is forecast from late Saturday night through Sunday morning. There is a high potential for giant size surf (40 to 50 feet) along the north-facing shores of the smaller islands Saturday night into Sunday. A High Surf Warning for these shores will likely be in effect from Saturday night into Monday.
East-facing chop will remain small through the weekend due to weak east or southeast breezes. Select south-facing shores will likely experience westerly wrap from this weekend's large northwest swell passage.
NORTH EAST
am 
pm
Surf: Small scale (ankle to knee high) surf.
Conditions: Semi choppy with ESE winds 5-10mph in the morning increasing to 10-15mph in the afternoon.
NORTH WEST
am 
pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Clean in the early morning with ESE winds less than 5mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting W 5-10mph.
WEST
am 
pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Semi glassy in the morning with N winds less than 5mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting WNW 5-10mph.
SOUTH EAST
am pm
Surf: Small scale (ankle to knee high) surf.
Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with NE winds 10-15mph. This becomes Sideshore texture/chop for the afternoon.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com
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