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Hawaii surfForecast / Caribbean Coast / Dominican Republic

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 AST
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Hawaii surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hawaii sea temperature is
27.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Hawaii today?

The current surf forecast for Hawaii at 9AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
ESE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)667766667777777666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36342929435858596359493775353534272019191418916
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
E
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
5
E
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:56AM
0.31
2:02AM
0.30
3:18AM
0.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12PM
-0.02
2:38PM
-0.02
3:03PM
-0.00
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---6:16-------6:16-------6:15----
Sunset------6:54-------6:54-------6:54-
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
1-------------11------1-
Temp. °C242423242727262625242324272727252424232327272724
Feels °C (?)252624252827262727262527282829272526242428282824
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