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 Thursday 16 Oct 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 26.8° 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: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Evening (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s

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

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		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	7	7	9	7	7	8	7	7	7	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	149	151	105	86	99	182	168	166	133	183	220	228	348	443	683	649	522	431	413	309	269	221	212	235
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:13AM 0.55				12:12PM 0.84				12:51AM 0.65				12:44PM 0.83				1:24AM 0.74				1:11PM 0.80
Low Tide / height (m)				5:31AM 0.30				6:56PM 0.23				6:27AM 0.29				7:14PM 0.19				7:12AM 0.28				7:31PM 0.15

		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	25	25	24	25	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	25
Feels °C (?)	25	26	25	25	25	26	26	26	25	26	27	26	25	26	25	26	27	26	27	27	25	26	26	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Hakalau (calm at Pāpa‘aloa wx 14 km from Hakalau). 1.3m 7s swell from the E with a 1.0m 7s swell, also from the E and a 0.4m 9s swell, also from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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