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 pm Monday 15 Sep 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 6PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Evening (15 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s

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

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	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	354	315	351	344	360	356	309	271	248	247	247	228	215	245	244	213	208	243	246	272	243	301	304	301
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ENE	E	E	ESE	SSE	SSE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:16AM 0.86			10:47PM 0.41					12:14PM 0.90				12:09AM 0.48				12:55PM 0.93				12:55AM 0.56
Low Tide / height (m)				7:26PM 0.37			4:22AM 0.24					7:30PM 0.32				5:40AM 0.21				7:46PM 0.28				6:35AM 0.18

	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Hakalau (light winds from the ESE at Pāpa‘aloa wx 14 km from Hakalau). 1.5m 8s swell from the E with a 0.7m 8s swell, also from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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