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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for January 05, 2023

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


Shores Today Friday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 6-8 5-7 3-5 3-5
East Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
TODAY

Weather Partly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds East winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.7 feet 09:42 AM HST.
High 1.1 feet 01:52 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:56 AM HST.
Sunset 5:55 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 60s.
Winds East winds around 5 mph, becoming
northwest after midnight.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low -0.3 feet 07:56 PM HST.
High 2.7 feet 03:23 AM HST.
FRIDAY

Weather Mostly sunny.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds North winds around 5 mph, becoming east
in the afternoon.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.7 feet 10:12 AM HST.
High 1.2 feet 02:30 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:56 AM HST.
Sunset 5:55 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


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

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming
west in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low 0.5 feet 10:19 AM HST.
High 0.9 feet 02:30 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.2 feet 11:02 AM HST.
High 0.6 feet 03:23 PM HST.
Sunrise 7:00 AM HST.
Sunset 5:59 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Partly cloudy. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 60s.
Winds Light and variable winds.
Tides
Kona Low -0.2 feet 08:33 PM HST.
High 2.2 feet 04:01 AM HST.
Kawaihae Low -0.2 feet 08:30 PM HST.
High 2.4 feet 04:06 AM HST.
FRIDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Light and variable winds, becoming west
around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low 0.4 feet 10:49 AM HST.
High 0.9 feet 03:08 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.1 feet 11:30 AM HST.
High 0.6 feet 03:59 PM HST.
Sunrise 7:00 AM HST.
Sunset 5:59 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Surf along north and west facing shores will steadily ease through Friday as overlapping short- period northwest (330 degrees) and north (350 degrees) swells moves through. The north swell will transition to more north- northeast (20-30 degrees) today into the weekend. Surf along north and west facing shores will steadily increase Saturday into early next week as consecutive northwest (320-330 degrees) swells move through the island chain, each a little bigger than the previous. These swells could bring above average surf to north and west facing shores by early next week before slowly trending down.

Surf along east facing shores will remain small, except for shores expose to the north and northeast swells mentioned above. Small choppy surf may return to east facing shores Friday into the weekend as trades return. Small surf along south facing shores will see a little bump over the next day or two keeping surf slightly elevated into the weekend.

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NORTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Knee to thigh high short period wind swell with occasional waist sets. The swell will be coming from the ENE in the morning and shift to the E during the day.

Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with SSE winds 10-15mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the SE.

NORTH WEST

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am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Clean in the morning with SSE winds less than 5mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting SW 10-15mph.

WEST

am        pm  

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Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Semi glassy in the morning with SSE winds less than 5mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting SSW 5-10mph.

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

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

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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