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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for October 27, 2022

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


Shores Today Friday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 2-4 2-4 1-3 1-3
East Facing 4-6 4-6 2-4 2-4
South Facing 3-5 3-5 3-5 4-6
TODAY

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Northeast winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.8 feet 11:01 AM HST.
High 1.7 feet 03:41 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:19 AM HST.
Sunset 5:49 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Cloudy. Numerous showers.
Low Temperature Around 70.
Winds North winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low -0.2 feet 09:59 PM HST.
High 2.9 feet 05:23 AM HST.
FRIDAY

Weather Mostly cloudy. Numerous showers with
isolated thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Northeast winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.9 feet 12:03 PM HST.
High 1.5 feet 04:12 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:19 AM HST.
Sunset 5:49 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Friday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 1-3 1-3 0-2 0-2
South Facing 2-4 2-4 3-5 4-6
TODAY

Weather Mostly sunny until 12 PM, then mostly
cloudy. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Light and variable winds, becoming west
around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low 0.5 feet 11:38 AM HST.
High 1.3 feet 04:19 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.3 feet 12:19 PM HST.
High 1.1 feet 05:05 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:23 AM HST.
Sunset 5:53 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the lower 70s.
Winds Light and variable winds, becoming
north around 5 mph after midnight.
Tides
Kona Low -0.1 feet 10:36 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low -0.1 feet 10:46 PM HST.
FRIDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers with
isolated thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Light and variable winds.
Tides
Kona High 2.3 feet 06:01 AM HST.
Low 0.6 feet 12:40 PM HST.
High 1.2 feet 04:50 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 2.6 feet 06:09 AM HST.
Low 0.4 feet 01:24 PM HST.
High 0.9 feet 05:49 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:23 AM HST.
Sunset 5:53 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A series of rather small short period northerly swells are expected through Tuesday. A slightly larger and longer period northwest swell may arrive Sunday night and Monday and linger into Tuesday. The current small long period south swell will linger through today with a slightly larger long period south swell expected to fill in later today, peak tomorrow and slowly subside through the weekend. Another similar size south swell may arrive Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Choppy surf will remain slightly elevated along east facing shores through today before diminishing a bit over the weekend. East facing shores surf will gradually build to typically elevated choppy conditions through much of next week.

NORTH EAST

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Surf: Knee to thigh high ENE short period wind swell in the morning with occasional waist high sets. This drops into the knee range for the afternoon.

Conditions: Semi choppy with ESE winds 5-10mph.

NORTH WEST

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Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Clean in the early morning with SE winds less than 5mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting SSW 10-15mph.

WEST

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Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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Conditions: Semi glassy/semi bumpy in the morning with WSW winds less than 5mph. Semi glassy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting SE 5-10mph. Glassy conditions are expected for the late day with E winds less than 5mph.

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Small scale (ankle to knee high) surf.

Conditions: Light sideshore texture with NNE winds 5-10mph in the morning shifting NE for the afternoon.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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