Big Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.63° N 156.45° W

Big Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Big Beach sea temperature is
27.3°C
0.4° 

Big Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Big Beach today (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 17s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Big Beach at 10AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 28). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (28 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (28 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)17s

Table - waves today at Big Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 25°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.9
SSW
10
0.6
SSW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.6
SSW
17
0.7
SW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.9
W
10
0.9
W
10
0.9
W
10
0.9
WNW
12
0.8
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
137
154
134
160
163
200
309
309
305
195
274
330
326
326
261
258
251
245
167
165
174
220
161
119
Wind (km/h)
25
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
4:46AM0.55m
4:06PM0.45m
5:31AM0.55m
4:22PM0.40m
6:24AM0.54m
4:28PM0.36m
Low Tide
10:31AM0.13m
10:23PM-0.02m
11:16AM0.17m
10:53PM-0.02m
12:13PM0.21m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
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Temp °C
26
25
26
28
29
28
27
26
25
25
26
27
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
26
26
26
Feels °C
25
24
26
29
29
27
26
26
25
25
26
28
28
28
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
27
29
28
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