Large Surf for West Side, New WNW Fills in
Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)
High Surf Warning: West shores of Big Island through 6 a.m. Friday then replaced by a High Surf Advisory.
Small Craft Advisory: All northeast waters and channels through 6 p.m. Friday.
Gale Watch: In effect from Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon.
Special Weather Statement: Very windy conditions are expected this weekend. These winds will be especially gusty at higher elevations and through mountain gaps and downsloping areas. If you have outdoor activities planned, you may want to postpone them or reconsider your plans.
**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Big Island projected winds, tides, swell direction & period and expected wave heights.**
Hilo side: Wave heights are forecast to be head high to overhead or more today for the best exposures.
Kona side: Wave heights are expected to be head high to overhead today with waves up to a few feet overhead or maybe even double overhead on the sets at the best exposures.
South: Wave heights are expected to be head high to overhead today with waves up to a few feet overhead or maybe even double overhead on the sets at the best exposures open to the west-northwest.
Our current west-northwest swell is expected to start easing Friday but a reinforcement is right behind it. The new swell is expected to build Friday and peak late that day, then hold into Saturday morning and ease late Saturday into Sunday. Another swell is expected on the 25th as well.
Saturday and Saturday night a High Surf Advisory is forecast for east facing shores.
A small southwest swell is forecast for the 22nd through the 24th.
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.