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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for January 27, 2023

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


Shores Today Saturday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 4-6 5-7 5-7 4-6
East Facing 3-5 4-6 3-5 3-5
South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TODAY

Weather Cloudy. Hazy. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds North winds around 5 mph, becoming
northeast in the afternoon.
Tides
Hilo Bay High 1.9 feet 06:59 AM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 01:56 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:57 AM HST.
Sunset 6:09 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Hazy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds North winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay High 1.7 feet 09:08 PM HST.
Low 1.1 feet 02:27 AM HST.
SATURDAY

Weather Cloudy. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming
east in the afternoon.
Tides
Hilo Bay High 1.5 feet 07:25 AM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 02:45 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:56 AM HST.
Sunset 6:09 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Saturday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 5-7 4-6 3-5 2-4
South Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
TODAY

Weather Cloudy. Hazy. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds East winds around 5 mph, becoming west
in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona High 1.5 feet 07:37 AM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 02:33 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 1.4 feet 08:03 AM HST.
Low -0.1 feet 02:48 PM HST.
Sunrise 7:01 AM HST.
Sunset 6:13 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Hazy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms with isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds East winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona High 1.3 feet 09:46 PM HST.
Low 0.8 feet 03:04 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 1.6 feet 10:08 PM HST.
Low 0.8 feet 04:07 AM HST.
SATURDAY

Weather Mostly cloudy. Hazy. Scattered showers
and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds East winds around 5 mph, becoming west
in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona High 1.2 feet 08:03 AM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 03:22 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 1.1 feet 08:44 AM HST.
Low -0.1 feet 03:26 PM HST.
Sunrise 7:00 AM HST.
Sunset 6:13 PM HST.

Swell Summary

As the current (310-320 degree) northwest swell fades, a series of moderate north swells will move through today into the first half of next week. These north swells will keep surf elevated, especially along north facing shores. A new long period moderate northwest swell (310 degree) is expected to boost surf heights back to High Surf Advisory levels along north and west facing shores Sunday into Monday. Surf along east facing shores should see wrap from the north to northwest swells through early next week. Elsewhere, small surf remains in the forecast for south facing shores into early next week.

NORTH EAST

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

am        pm  

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

Conditions: Sideshore texture/chop with SE winds 10-15mph in the morning shifting ESE for the afternoon.

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Glassy in the early morning with S winds less than 5mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting W 5-10mph.

WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Conditions: Glassy in the morning with E winds less than 5mph. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the SW.

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Fairly clean in the morning with N winds 5-10mph. Glassy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting SSW less than 5mph.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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