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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for September 01, 2023

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


Shores Today Saturday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2
East Facing 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-7
South Facing 4-6 4-6 4-6 4-6
TODAY

Weather Partly sunny until 12 PM, then sunny.
Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.0 feet 09:53 AM HST.
High 2.8 feet 04:19 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:05 AM HST.
Sunset 6:36 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Partly cloudy until 12 AM, then mostly
cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the lower 70s.
Winds North winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.1 feet 10:41 PM HST.
High 2.3 feet 04:44 AM HST.
SATURDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.4 feet 10:44 AM HST.
High 2.5 feet 04:51 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:05 AM HST.
Sunset 6:35 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Today Saturday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
West Facing 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2
South Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
TODAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the upper 80s.
Winds South winds around 5 mph, becoming west
in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low 0.0 feet 10:30 AM HST.
High 2.2 feet 04:57 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.1 feet 10:50 AM HST.
High 2.4 feet 05:13 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:09 AM HST.
Sunset 6:40 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Partly cloudy. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the lower 70s.
Winds Light and variable winds.
Tides
Kona Low 0.1 feet 11:18 PM HST.
High 1.9 feet 05:22 AM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.0 feet 11:41 PM HST.
High 1.9 feet 05:52 AM HST.
SATURDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the upper 80s.
Winds Southwest winds around 5 mph.
Tides
Kona Low 0.2 feet 11:21 AM HST.
High 2.0 feet 05:29 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.3 feet 11:47 AM HST.
High 2.0 feet 05:49 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:09 AM HST.
Sunset 6:39 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Rough choppy surf along east facing shores will continue over the next few days as the trades remain breezy. Additionally, expect some short to medium period swell mixed in from former Tropical Cyclone (TC) Irwin through the weekend.

Surf along south facing shores will remain small through the weekend as overlapping background level long-period southerly pulses move through.

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Surf along exposed north and west facing shores will trend up slightly this weekend as a small west-northwest (300-310 degree) swell arrives.

NORTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Knee to thigh high NE short period wind swell for the morning drops a bit during the afternoon.

Conditions: Clean in the morning with SW winds less than 5mph. Semi choppy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting ESE 5-10mph.

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NORTH WEST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Semi glassy in the morning with NE winds less than 5mph. Semi clean/sideshore texture and current conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting S 15-20mph.

WEST

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Clean in the early morning with E winds 5-10mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting SSE.

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Fairly clean in the early morning with N winds 10-15mph. Sideshore texture/chop conditions move in during the morning hours with the winds shifting NNE.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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