Hakalau Surf Forecast

/ HAW – Big Island (60 breaks) / Hawaii (267 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Hakalau surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 HST

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

Today's Hakalau sea temperature is 26.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hakalau today?

The current surf forecast for Hakalau at 6AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Afternoon (18 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (18 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s

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

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		Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	NNW	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	15	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	163	122	125	181	147	125	117	134	123	110	150	226	271	191	236	398	398	442	454	410	367	276	527	379
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			2:09AM 0.94			1:19PM 0.60					2:38AM 0.98			1:48PM 0.57					3:09AM 0.99				2:15PM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)					8:34AM 0.36			7:28PM 0.08					9:11AM 0.35			7:54PM 0.07					9:48AM 0.35

		Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	1	2	5	8	5	3	2	3	3	-	-	1	2	3
Temp. °C	24	24	23	21	21	21	22	22	23	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	24
Feels °C (?)	25	26	22	20	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	22	24	25	24	23	24	24	23	24	24	24

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