Hakalau surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
24.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hakalau today?

The current surf forecast for Hakalau at 2PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.3
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
0.7
N
1
N
0.8
N
0.9
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
Period(s) (?)11111110111211111110111011101010101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2772723173054085945465173813021162061491772101641611581581239690116109
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
10
N
5
NE
10
NNW
5
WNW
0
SSE
5
SSE
10
WNW
0
E
5
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
0
S
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
glasscrossglassglasscrosscross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
0.76
5:04PM
0.94
4:19AM
0.67
5:56PM
0.91
4:40AM
0.59
7:01PM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13AM
0.05
11:14PM
0.36
10:43AM
0.06
12:16AM
0.44
11:18AM
0.10
2:00AM
0.49
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:22-------6:22-------6:22------
Sunset----6:30-------6:31-------6:31---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---13431211653----2321--
Temp. °C242525252424232424242423222222222323242323222222
Feels °C (?)272828292728272727282823242424232526262424232223
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