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Hapuna surf break

Hapuna surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 HST
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Hapuna surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hapuna sea temperature is
25.8° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hapuna today?

The current surf forecast for Hapuna at 10AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
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
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313181716161615141414131313131312121616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)676664591071321211531098273786985846764595967169150140140
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNW
10
W
5
WNW
0
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
E
5
SE
5
W
15
W
5
WNW
5
ENE
0
NNE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on		glassglassglassoffoffcross-
off		oncross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
0.77
4:08PM
0.27
4:46AM
0.78
4:48PM
0.30
5:17AM
0.77
5:30PM
0.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
0.05
9:31PM
-0.03
11:48AM
0.04
10:10PM
-0.02
12:15PM
0.03
10:50PM
0.02
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-7:01-------7:01-------7:01------
Sunset----6:06-------6:07-------6:07---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181923242321212020202323232221212021242524222222
Feels °C (?)151722232422222020212323242422222022242425242423
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