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Honokohau Harbour surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 HST
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Honokohau Harbour surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Honokohau Harbour sea temperature is
25.6° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Honokohau Harbour today?

The current surf forecast for Honokohau Harbour at 2PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
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)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
WNW
1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.8
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)131217161615141414131316161515141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)130122145127367318367407347309253339917967893701691691672644525509437431
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NE
5
E
5
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
5
W
5
SW
5
S
5
WNW
5
N
5
E
5
NW
10
W
5
W
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		onglassglasscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
0.69
5:06PM
0.27
5:22AM
0.65
5:56PM
0.31
5:53AM
0.59
6:52PM
0.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:59AM
0.02
10:21PM
0.02
12:25PM
0.02
11:10PM
0.07
12:53PM
0.00
12:08AM
0.13
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-7:01-------7:01-------7:01------
Sunset----6:08-------6:08-------6:09---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232324242323222223232425242323222223242423232322
Feels °C (?)242423222222212224242426252424232325252425252524
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