Chinamans Hat/Mokolii 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 21.51° N 157.83° W

Issued: 7 am 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Chinamans Hat/Mokolii sea temperature is

26.5°C

Chinamans Hat/Mokolii surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Chinamans Hat/Mokolii today (28 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with NNE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Chinamans Hat/Mokolii at 3PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Afternoon (28 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Evening (28 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s

Table - waves today at Chinamans Hat/Mokolii. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 43mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 28							Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 13	NW 13	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 9	NNE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	245	217	245	201	361	361	306	263	115	239	226	260	214	234	216	208	204	346	200	332	278	207	172
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	4:09AM0.91m			1:37PM0.47m						5:08AM0.88m								6:18AM0.85m
Low Tide				11:03AM0.37m			9:23PM-0.11m								10:08PM-0.06m


	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:55	—	—
mm	2	1	4	14	11	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	23	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	25	24	24	24	24
Feels °C	25	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	25	25	25	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	24	25	25	25
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	N 9	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 11	NNE 9	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 9	NNE 9
kJ	130	217	245	201	361	361	306	263	84	239	226	260	214	234	216	208	204	346	200	332	278	207	172
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 13	NW 13	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NNE 11	NW 11	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14
kJ	245	199	181	116	114	114	114	114	115	61	183	178	178	176	174	140	142	146	102	146	102	142	89
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	S 13	NW 12	S 13	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	NW 11	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13
kJ	112	110	109	70	68	63	59	56	67	55	59	58	42	30	30	29	31	54	53	51	51	51	51
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 3	ENE 3	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	E 5	E 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 5
kJ	2	4	13	30	41	51	64	55	43	43	59	102	114	108	90	90	90	42	87	48	50	69	66
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Distance (km)	25	25	24	25	24	28	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	6	6	4	5	4	7	7	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	4

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