Honokane Bay surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 HST
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Honokane Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Honokane Bay sea temperature is
26.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Honokane Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Honokane Bay at 9AM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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 (?)
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
N
1.2
ENE
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
1
ENE
1.2
NE
1
NNE
1.1
ENE
1.6
NE
2
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
Period(s) (?)6666665771171111118887878888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1711982703143142359911797166153114112110130160113102313429328297283255
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
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
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:28PM
0.89
1:31AM
0.59
1:55PM
0.87
2:05AM
0.66
2:19PM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:31AM
0.17
8:06PM
0.23
7:15AM
0.16
8:23PM
0.20
7:55AM
0.17
8:39PM
0.17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:09-------6:09-------6:11------
Sunset----6:22-------6:22-------6:21---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242527272625252524252626262625252526262626252525
Feels °C (?)212225272524252624242526262625252526262626252525
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Honokane Bay (light winds from the NE at Waiaka wx 18 km from Honokane Bay). 1.6m 7s swell from the E with a 0.6m 8s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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18 km away, 39 min ago

13 km/h
NE
0.0
26.8
Air / Water (°C)
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