Advisory Level Swell Expected Soon

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Big Island Surf Forecast

Hilo side: Wave heights are expected head high today. The best breaks could get up to a couple feet overhead on the sets.

Kona side: Wave heights knee/thigh high today from the northwest.

South: Breaks open to the trade swell could get up to shoulder/head high. Out of the south-southwest only leftovers.

A northwest swell is expected to fill in late Monday and through the day Tuesday peaking last Tuesday into early Wednesday. This swell should bring surf near advisory levels along north and west facing shores at its peak. The low generating this swell will be quite deep, but the largest swells will pass north of Hawaii.

A big surge in easterly winds is expected to bring advisory conditions over most coastal waters by the middle of the week.

Small bump expected to build Tuesday out of the south-southwest and peak Wednesday around waist high.

Keep in mind, surf heights are measured on the face of the wave from trough to crest. Heights vary from beach to beach, and at the same beach, from break to break.  

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Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS