Big Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.63° N 156.45° W

Big Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Big Beach sea temperature is
27.0°C
0.2° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Big Beach at 9PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 06). An open ocean swell of 2.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (06 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (06 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 28°C on Mon afternoon, min 26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
11
1.4
SW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.4
SW
12
0.9
SW
15
1.6
SW
14
1.4
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1
SSW
17
1.4
SW
13
1.6
SW
12
1.6
SW
13
2.1
SW
14
2.2
SW
13
2.5
SW
12
2.3
SW
11
2.1
SW
10
2.1
SW
10
1.9
SW
9
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
341
514
531
522
360
872
619
486
603
649
718
892
1587
1659
1760
1303
904
761
599
443
437
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
20
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
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-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
1:38PM0.58m
00:39AM0.26m
2:12PM0.61m
1:38AM0.31m
2:43PM0.62m
Low Tide
8:52PM0.15m
6:28AM0.02m
8:53PM0.13m
7:22AM0.00m
9:06PM0.11m
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:37
6:36
6:35
 mm
1
1
3
1
1
Temp °C
27
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
27
28
27
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
27
27
27
Feels °C
30
29
29
27
28
28
28
27
28
29
28
29
29
29
29
29
30
30
30
30
31
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