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Lat Long: 20.63° N 156.45° W

Big Beach Surf Photo: '1.5 action' by Jason Geffe

Issued: 7 pm 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Big Beach sea temperature is

27.0° C

0.4°

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	E	SW	S
	8 s	cross- off	8 s	14 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 July at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	E	SSW	S
	8 s	cross- off	8 s	14 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 July at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	E	E	SW	SW
	8 s	cross- off	8 s	14 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 July at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	E	E	SW	SW
	8 s	cross- off	8 s	14 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 July at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	E	SW	SW
	8 s	cross- off	8 s	14 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 July at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	E	SW	SW
	8 s	cross- off	8 s	14 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 July at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	SSE
	5 s	cross- off	5 s	17 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 July at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	SSE
	5 s	cross- off	5 s	17 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 July at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	SW
	5 s	cross- off	5 s	17 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 July at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	ENE	ENE	S	SW
	17 s	cross- off	5 s	17 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 July at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	E	E	S	SW
	16 s	cross- off	5 s	17 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 July at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	E	E	S	SW
	16 s	cross- off	5 s	17 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 July at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	E	E	S	SW
	16 s	cross- off	5 s	17 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 July at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	ENE	ENE	S	SW
	16 s	cross- off	5 s	16 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 July at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	ENE	ENE	S	SW
	16 s	cross- off	5 s	16 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 July at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	ENE	E	S	SW
	16 s	cross- off	5 s	16 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 July at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	S	ENE	E	S	SW
	15 s	cross- off	6 s	15 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 July at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Big Beach around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 32 minutes before low water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 0.1m (0.2 ft). Range 2.61m (8.6 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Big Beach Surf Photo: '1.5 action' by Jason Geffe

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User: Jason Geffe (1 photo)

Country: United States (4070 photos)

Photo taken at: 5:40 am 7 Jul 2017