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Hakalau surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 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
25.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Hakalau today?

The current surf forecast for Hakalau at 3PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)778888887777777888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)236212217227221187160159130130130126124100100124788295113142145149149
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
5
SE
5
WSW
5
SW
0
S
5
SE
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:19AM
1.03
3:55PM
0.59
4:45AM
1.00
4:38PM
0.62
5:10AM
0.95
5:27PM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:56AM
0.28
9:46PM
0.09
11:22AM
0.25
10:22PM
0.16
11:50AM
0.23
11:01PM
0.25
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-6:58-------6:58-------6:56------
Sunset----6:05-------6:05-------6:06---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222224242323222222222323232323222222232323232222
Feels °C (?)202023212125242424242423242424222322232223242223
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