Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Kawaihae Breakwater today (09 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jun, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with WNW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jun, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 14s period with WNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jun, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Kawaihae Breakwater at 4PM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am June 09). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (09 Jun) | 1ft (0.3m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (09 Jun) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 14s |
| Evening (09 Jun) | 1ft (0.3m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Kawaihae Breakwater. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 23°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 9 | Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Fri 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 42 | 42 | 21 | 20 | 34 | 34 | 58 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | off | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy |
High Tide | 12:15PM0.52m | 10:59PM0.42m | 1:02PM0.63m | 11:59PM0.35m | 1:47PM0.73m | 1:01AM0.29m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:08AM0.00m | 6:07PM0.26m | 5:42AM-0.03m | 7:35PM0.21m | 6:19AM-0.06m | 8:46PM0.15m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | |  |  | | | |
 | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 |
 | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:02 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
Feels °C | 23 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 7 | NE 7 | NNE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 4 | NE 8 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NE 8 |
| kJ | 56 | 64 | 36 | 73 | 73 | 57 | 59 | 57 | 31 | 48 | 46 | 65 | 86 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 15 | WNW 15 | NE 5 | WNW 14 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | NNE 4 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | WNW 11 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | WNW 11 |
| kJ | 42 | 42 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 34 | 58 | 34 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 22 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 12 | W 12 | WNW 15 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | WNW 13 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | SW 15 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | SW 21 |
| kJ | 10 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 18 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 49 | 49 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 51 | 65 | 50 | 84 | 85 | 88 | 91 | 88 | 53 | 85 | 50 | 88 | 49 | 54 | 86 | 54 | 49 | 49 | 54 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Kawaihae Breakwater surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest