Disappearing Sands surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 13 Mar 2026 HST
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Disappearing Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Disappearing Sands sea temperature is
25.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Disappearing Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Disappearing Sands at 10PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 13). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (13 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
2
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010888891010101010101111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)176176143143163196231267176263270231266383771125512171207114611901363127011651045
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
40
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
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
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
0.30
1:16AM
0.70
1:38PM
0.35
1:51AM
0.74
2:12PM
0.42
2:23AM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
0.20
5:44PM
0.19
8:33AM
0.17
6:45PM
0.16
8:48AM
0.14
7:35PM
0.13
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:31-------6:31
Sunset--6:31-------6:32-------6:32-----
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
61012744654433125621121-11
Temp. °C242423232424242424242424252423232424252525252525
Feels °C (?)212120202121212121212122222121212222242525252625
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