Hakalau 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 19.90° N 155.13° W

Issued: 1 am 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Hakalau sea temperature is

26.9°C

Hakalau 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 Hakalau today (28 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Hakalau at 7AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 28). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (28 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (28 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 46mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 26°C on Wed morning, min 24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 9	NNE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	129	126	102	148	154	142	106	103	74	74	97	93	121	198	195	184	180	190	186	183	179	205	161	130
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
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	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		4:30AM1.05m				3:30PM0.56m					5:21AM1.01m			4:05PM0.50m					6:21AM0.96m			4:48PM0.45m
Low Tide					11:09AM0.37m			9:48PM0.02m					12:17PM0.40m			10:29PM0.07m					1:53PM0.42m


	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—
mm	—	—	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	5	5	4	4	4	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Temp °C	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Feels °C	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	27	27	29	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	28	27	27	28	28	27	27
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	NNE 9	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 10	E 6	E 6	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	ENE 6	NNE 10	NNE 9	NNE 9
kJ	129	126	102	148	154	142	106	103	74	74	80	93	121	198	195	64	64	190	186	183	65	205	161	130
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NNE 11	NNE 11	N 8	N 8	NW 11	NW 11	NNE 10	NNE 10	E 13	E 13	E 13	NNE 10	E 13	E 13	E 12
kJ	257	249	205	202	172	132	122	116	71	71	97	33	34	46	31	184	180	83	82	82	179	79	78	77
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	NNE 11	S 15	S 14	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 11	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	S 16	E 13	E 13	E 13	NW 11	NW 11	S 14	E 13	S 16	S 13	S 13
kJ	23	23	41	17	16	30	50	48	74	69	69	69	68	45	31	54	83	30	30	37	82	45	32	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 3	E 3	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 4	E 4	ESE 5	E 5	E 5	ENE 5	E 5	ENE 5	E 5	E 5	E 6	—	—	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	—	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	3	6	60	77	28	39	35	44	52	45	47	51	57	59	74	—	—	64	66	64	—	50	71	77
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Hilo Breakwall HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Honolii Beach Park HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Kolekole HAW - Big Island	Kapoho Bay HAW - Big Island	Kapoho Bay HAW - Big Island	Papaikou Mill HAW - Big Island	Kapoho Bay HAW - Big Island	Waipio Bay HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island	Papaikou Mill HAW - Big Island	Papaikou Mill HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Makalawena HAW - Big Island	Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	1	4	2	3	1	3	2	2	3	3	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	18	20	17	20	20	20	20	2	55	55	14	55	53	72	95	72	14	14	72	122	96	95	95	20
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	6	6	4	5	4	5	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	4	7	8	6	5	5	5	5

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