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Hawaii County Surf Forecast for October 22, 2026

Published October 21, 2026 • 8:00 PM HST
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Forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast


Shores Tonight Thursday
Surf Surf
PM AM AM PM
North Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
East Facing 3-5 3-5 2-4 2-4
South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature Around 70.
Winds Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming
west after midnight.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.4 feet 06:42 PM HST.
High 1.8 feet 12:44 AM HST.
THURSDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds West winds around 5 mph, becoming east
in the afternoon.
Tides
Hilo Bay Low 0.6 feet 06:25 AM HST.
High 2.3 feet 12:41 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:17 AM HST.
Sunset 5:52 PM HST.

Forecast for Big Island Leeward


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

Weather Mostly clear.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming
east.
Tides
Kona Low 0.3 feet 07:19 PM HST.
High 1.5 feet 01:22 AM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.2 feet 07:31 PM HST.
High 1.5 feet 01:47 AM HST.
THURSDAY

Weather Sunny.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Light and variable winds, becoming
southwest around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
Tides
Kona Low 0.4 feet 07:02 AM HST.
High 1.8 feet 01:19 PM HST.
Kawaihae Low 0.6 feet 07:22 AM HST.
High 1.9 feet 01:26 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:21 AM HST.
Sunset 5:56 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Tiny surf along north-facing shores will grow slightly tonight into Thursday and then remain steady Friday as a small northwest swell arrives. A slightly larger medium-period north-northwest swell will follow this weekend. A potential storm-force low developing north of Japan will likely send a larger long-period west-northwest swell early next week.

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Surf along south-facing shores will remain small before a series of small to moderate, south-southwesterly swells boosts surf heights to near to above seasonal average this weekend into early next week.

East-facing shores will see trade-wind swell decline through tonight as trade winds decrease, leading to a slight reduction in surf through the remainder of the week. A small, medium-period east swell forecast to arrive Thursday may help maintain east- facing surf into the weekend.

NORTH EAST

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NORTH WEST

WEST

SOUTH EAST

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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