Surf Report

Hawaii County Surf Forecast for February 12, 2026

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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast

HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR EAST FACING SHORES


Shores Tonight Thursday
Surf Surf
PM AM AM PM
North Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
East Facing 7-10 7-10 6-8 6-8
South Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 1-3
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds Northeast winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.1 feet 04:52 PM HST.
High 2.1 feet 01:08 AM HST.
THURSDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 70s.
Winds Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.7 feet 08:32 AM HST.
High 0.8 feet 11:40 AM HST.
Low 0.0 feet 05:53 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:51 AM HST.
Sunset 6:17 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


Shores Tonight Thursday
Surf Surf
PM AM AM PM
West Facing 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2
South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then partly
cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds West winds around 5 mph, becoming
northeast in the evening, then becoming
light and variable after midnight.
Tides
Kona Low 0.1 feet 05:29 PM HST.
High 1.7 feet 01:46 AM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.1 feet 05:11 PM HST.
High 1.9 feet 01:22 AM HST.
THURSDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds Light and variable winds, becoming west
around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low 0.5 feet 09:09 AM HST.
High 0.7 feet 12:18 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.3 feet 09:18 AM HST.
High 0.5 feet 01:20 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:55 AM HST.
Sunset 6:21 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Strong trade winds will continue to bring advisory level surf to east facing shores through tonight. Latest nearshore buoy observations just started to show a downward trend in wave heights and we should see a gradual downward trend tonight. Surf is expected to fall just below advisory levels by Thursday, but will remain rough and elevated for the foreseeable future. Trades are expected to restrengthen over the weekend into early next week, which will produce another round of advisory level surf and possibly warning level surf along east facing shores of Oahu and Kauai.

Small to medium northwest swells will continue through the weekend with smaller surf expected during the first half of next week. Currently we have a small northwest swell that filled in during the day today and will be followed by a slightly larger northwest swells Thursday and Friday. Small along south facing shores will continue to remain small with some background windswell for select exposures.

NORTH EAST

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Semi choppy with ESE winds 5-10mph in the morning increasing to 10-15mph in the afternoon.

NORTH WEST

am        pm  

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Clean in the early morning with ESE 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: Semi glassy in the morning with N winds less than 5mph. Bumpy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting WNW 5-10mph.

SOUTH EAST

am        pm  

Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.

Conditions: Light sideshore texture in the morning with NE winds 10-15mph. This becomes Sideshore texture/chop for the afternoon.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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