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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for March 26, 2023

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


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

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low -0.1 feet 11:43 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:18 AM HST.
Sunset 6:33 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Partly cloudy until 12 AM, then mostly
cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 60s.
Winds Southeast winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay High 2.0 feet 07:18 PM HST.
Low 1.0 feet 02:33 AM HST.
High 1.0 feet 04:39 AM HST.
MONDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.1 feet 12:15 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:17 AM HST.
Sunset 6:33 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Monday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 1-3 0-2 0-2 0-2
South Facing 0-2 1-3 1-3 1-3
TODAY

Weather Sunny until 12 PM, then partly sunny.
Scattered showers and a slight chance
of thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Light and variable winds, becoming west
around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low -0.1 feet 12:20 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 0.7 feet 06:45 AM HST.
Low -0.1 feet 12:35 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:22 AM HST.
Sunset 6:37 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly clear. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 60s.
Winds North winds around 5 mph in the
evening, becoming light and variable.
Tides
Kona High 1.6 feet 07:56 PM HST.
Low 0.6 feet 03:10 AM HST.
High 0.8 feet 05:17 AM HST.
Kawaihae High 1.8 feet 08:14 PM HST.
Low 0.4 feet 03:56 AM HST.
MONDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Scattered showers and a
slight chance of thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Kona Low 0.1 feet 12:52 PM HST.
Kawaihae High 0.5 feet 07:27 AM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 01:09 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:21 AM HST.
Sunset 6:37 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A small, medium period northwest swell (310 degree) is expected to arrive this afternoon and provide a boost in surf along north and west-facing shores through Monday. This swell will slowly decline late Monday and be gone by Wednesday. A series of smaller northwest to north swells are expected to pass through during the second half of the week. Surf along east-facing shores will experience a minor boost today as trades strengthen over and upstream of the islands. Although trades will slightly weaken over the state early in the week, a persistent moderate trade fetch upstream of the area should result in a continued east shore, short period wind wave chop through the week. Other than very small early to mid week bumps along southwest and southeast exposures from low period energy moving in from the Southern Hemisphere and within the trade belt, respectively, surf along many south-facing shores will remain small.

NORTH EAST

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

am        pm  

Surf: Knee high E short period wind swell in the morning builds to knee to waist high for the afternoon.

Conditions: Sideshore/choppy with SSE winds 15-20mph in the morning shifting ESE 20-25mph in the afternoon.

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Fairly clean in the early morning with S winds 5-10mph. Semi choppy conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting WSW.

WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

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

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Knee high ESE short period wind swell in the morning builds to knee to waist high for the afternoon.

Conditions: Semi choppy in the morning with ENE winds 5-10mph. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the E.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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