Surf Report

Hawaii County Surf Forecast for March 23, 2023

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


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

Weather Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with
isolated thunderstorms.
High Temperature Around 80.
Winds Southeast winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low -0.3 feet 10:16 AM HST.
High 2.3 feet 04:48 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:21 AM HST.
Sunset 6:32 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then partly
cloudy. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds Southeast winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.3 feet 10:58 PM HST.
High 1.8 feet 04:27 AM HST.
FRIDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low -0.3 feet 10:45 AM HST.
High 2.3 feet 05:33 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:20 AM HST.
Sunset 6:32 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Friday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3
South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TODAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers with
isolated thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming
west in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low -0.2 feet 10:53 AM HST.
High 1.9 feet 05:26 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low -0.3 feet 11:12 AM HST.
High 2.0 feet 05:51 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:25 AM HST.
Sunset 6:36 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming
south after midnight.
Tides
Kona Low 0.2 feet 11:35 PM HST.
High 1.4 feet 05:05 AM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.1 feet 12:13 AM HST.
High 1.3 feet 05:39 AM HST.
FRIDAY

Weather Mostly sunny until 12 PM, then cloudy.
Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Northwest winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona Low -0.2 feet 11:22 AM HST.
Kawaihae Low -0.3 feet 11:39 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:24 AM HST.
Sunset 6:37 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Surf is expected to remain below the High Surf Advisory criteria along all shorelines through this weekend. A fetch of strong easterly winds just upstream of the state will continue to produce moderate, choppy surf along east facing shores today, and then will gradually lower from this evening through Friday. A mix of small northwest and north-northwest swells will maintain modest surf along most exposed north and west facing shorelines from later today and tonight into this weekend. The current small, medium-period south swell will slowly fade through Friday, with only small background south swell energy expected this weekend.

NORTH EAST

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

am        pm  

Surf: Knee to waist high E short period wind swell for the morning with occasional stomach sets. This builds to chest to shoulder high for the afternoon.

Conditions: Choppy/sideshore current with SE winds 15-20mph in the morning increasing to 20-25mph in the afternoon.

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Semi glassy/semi bumpy with WNW winds 5-10mph in the morning shifting NNW for the afternoon.

WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Conditions: Semi choppy with NW winds 5-10mph in the morning shifting NNW 10-15mph in the afternoon.

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Knee to waist high ESE short period wind swell for the morning with occasional stomach sets. This builds to waist to chest high for the afternoon.

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

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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