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Browns surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 19 Mar 2026 HST
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Browns surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Browns sea temperature is
25.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Browns today?

The current surf forecast for Browns at 1PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.4
WNW
0.9
N
0.4
WNW
0.4
N
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111111101010101013111213121212121218
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)180174163157155152149146141102131128100106541965052474847467948
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
0
SSE
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
NW
10
SSW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51AM
0.67
4:31PM
0.71
4:21AM
0.60
5:12PM
0.75
4:52AM
0.52
5:57PM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:06AM
0.04
10:39PM
0.15
10:31AM
0.03
11:31PM
0.18
10:58AM
0.03
12:31AM
0.23
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:28-------6:26-------6:26------
Sunset----6:34-------6:34-------6:34---
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--223221-----------122-3
Temp. °C242425232323232324252626262525252525262626232423
Feels °C (?)282827272726262526282828282827272727272627262525
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