Hawaii County Surf Forecast for April 23, 2023
Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast
Shores | Today | Monday | ||
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Surf | Surf | |||
AM | PM | AM | PM | |
North Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 |
East Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
South Facing | 4-6 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 2-4 |
Weather | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers. | |||||
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High Temperature | In the mid 80s. | |||||
Winds | Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. | |||||
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Sunrise | 5:56 AM HST. | |||||
Sunset | 6:41 PM HST. |
Weather | Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. | |||||
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Low Temperature | In the upper 60s. | |||||
Winds | Southeast winds around 5 mph. | |||||
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Weather | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers. | ||||
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High Temperature | In the mid 80s. | ||||
Winds | Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. | ||||
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Sunrise | 5:56 AM HST. | ||||
Sunset | 6:41 PM HST. |
Forecast for Big Island Leeward
Shores | Today | Monday | ||
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Surf | Surf | |||
AM | PM | AM | PM | |
West Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
South Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
Weather | Mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then partly cloudy. Scattered showers. |
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Low Temperature | In the upper 60s. |
Winds | Northwest winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. |
Swell Summary
A moderate size, medium period northwest swell has filled in across the island waters. Recent observations from the northwest offshore buoys have indicated that the swell peaked last night and should be falling through the day. A slightly larger reinforcing medium period northwest swell will arrive tonight and fill in Monday. This will maintain elevated surf along north and west-facing shores through Tuesday. A moderate size, smaller period northwest north swell may arrive next weekend. The recent small, long period south swell has peaked and will gradually diminish through Monday. This will result in a slow decline of seasonable surf along many south-facing shores the next couple of days. Weakened east to southeast breezes will produce small wind wave chop along many eastern exposures the next several days.
NORTH EAST
am pm
Surf: Knee to thigh high fading E short period wind swell for the morning with only minimal surf during the afternoon.
Conditions: Choppy/sideshore current with SE winds 15-20mph.
NORTH WEST
am pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Glassy in the early morning with S winds 5-10mph. Semi choppy conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting WSW 5-10mph.
WEST
am pm
Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Glassy in the morning with ESE winds less than 5mph. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the NW.
SOUTH EAST
am pm
Surf: Small scale (ankle to knee high) surf.
Conditions: Bumpy/semi bumpy with ESE winds 5-10mph in the morning shifting SE for the afternoon.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com