Hawaii County Surf Forecast for October 20, 2022
Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast
Shores | Today | Friday | ||
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Surf | Surf | |||
AM | PM | AM | PM | |
North Facing | 10-14 | 10-14 | 10-14 | 10-14 |
East Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 |
South Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 6-8 |
Weather | Partly sunny. Scattered showers. | ||||
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High Temperature | In the mid 80s. | ||||
Winds | Southwest winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. |
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Sunrise | 6:16 AM HST. | ||||
Sunset | 5:54 PM HST. |
Weather | Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers. | |||||
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Low Temperature | In the upper 60s. | |||||
Winds | South winds around 10 mph. | |||||
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Weather | Partly sunny. Scattered showers. | |||||
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High Temperature | In the mid 80s. | |||||
Winds | Southeast winds around 10 mph. | |||||
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Sunrise | 6:17 AM HST. | |||||
Sunset | 5:53 PM HST. |
Forecast for Big Island Leeward
Shores | Today | Friday | ||
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Surf | Surf | |||
AM | PM | AM | PM | |
West Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 |
South Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 6-8 |
Weather | Sunny until 12 PM, then mostly cloudy. Isolated showers. |
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High Temperature | In the mid 80s. |
Winds | South winds around 5 mph. |
Sunrise | 6:20 AM HST. |
Sunset | 5:58 PM HST. |
Weather | Sunny until 12 PM, then mostly cloudy. Isolated showers. |
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High Temperature | In the mid 80s. |
Winds | North winds around 10 mph, becoming west in the afternoon. |
Sunrise | 6:21 AM HST. |
Sunset | 5:57 PM HST. |
Swell Summary
A large, short period north swell will peak today, hold into tonight before steadily declining tomorrow into the weekend.
A series of moderate, long-period south swells will keep south facing shore surf elevated tonight through Saturday. Most surf along east facing shores will be from north swell wrap through the week. Moderate, choppy east shore surf will likely return over the weekend and persist into early next week.
NORTH EAST
am pm
Surf: Minimal surf (ankle or less) for the morning with a knee to thigh high NNW short period wind swell filling in during the afternoon.
Conditions: Glassy with W winds less than 5mph in the morning shifting NE for the afternoon.
NORTH WEST
am pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Clean in the early morning with SE winds 5-10mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting SSW 10-15mph.
WEST
am pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Fairly clean in the morning with ESE winds 5-10mph. Semi choppy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the S.
SOUTH EAST
am pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Fairly clean in the early morning with W winds 5-10mph. Semi choppy conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting SSW 5-10mph.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com