Hawaii County Surf Forecast for March 13, 2026
Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast
| Shores | Tonight | Friday | ||
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| Surf | Surf | |||
| PM | AM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| East Facing | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| South Facing | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| Weather | Cloudy. Occasional showers with isolated thunderstorms. |
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| Low Temperature | Around 70. | |||||
| Winds | Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. | |||||
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| Weather | Cloudy. Occasional showers and scattered thunderstorms. |
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| High Temperature | In the lower 80s. | ||||||
| Winds | South winds around 20 mph. | ||||||
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| Sunrise | 6:29 AM HST. | ||||||
| Sunset | 6:29 PM HST. | ||||||
Forecast for Big Island Leeward
| Shores | Tonight | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surf | Surf | |||
| PM | AM | AM | PM | |
| West Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 4-6 |
| South Facing | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 3-5 |
| Weather | Cloudy. Occasional showers and scattered thunderstorms. |
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| High Temperature | In the mid 80s. |
| Winds | Breezy. South winds around 15 mph, increasing to around 25 mph in the afternoon. |
| Sunrise | 6:33 AM HST. |
| Sunset | 6:33 PM HST. |
Swell Summary
A series of small, short to medium period west-northwest swells will bring small surf to north and west facing shores through the remainder of the week. Kauai will block some of this swell energy from reaching Oahu and Maui, but it will make it into the west facing shores of the Big Island. The next west-northwest swell is expected to build Friday into the weekend. Additionally, a small, medium period north swell originating from Alaska Peninsula gap winds is expected to arrive tonight and continue into the weekend.
Rough and choppy surf will continue along south-facing shores due to the southerly wind direction. These south winds will intensify tonight into Friday, causing south shore surf to build Friday into the weekend, likely reaching advisory levels. Once southerly winds diminish early next week, a small to moderate, long-period south swell generated by a gale force low east-southeast of New Zealand will arrive along south-facing shores and build into midweek.
NORTH EAST
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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
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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
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Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
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
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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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