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Honokohau Harbour surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 16 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
26.0° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 10AM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Afternoon (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
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)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
NW
0.9
NW
1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)161515151414141414141414131313131313131817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23141825142113251094951733540507463440342257222222175175113109260505504553619
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
5
N
10
ENE
5
ESE
0
NNE
5
NE
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
0
SW
0
NNE
0
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		oncrossoffglassglassglassononcross-
on		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
0.70
2:22PM
0.19
3:18AM
0.72
3:02PM
0.20
3:50AM
0.73
3:41PM
0.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
0.07
7:46PM
-0.03
10:39AM
0.06
8:23PM
-0.04
11:06AM
0.05
9:01PM
-0.03
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-7:01-------7:01-------7:01------
Sunset----6:06-------6:07-------6:07---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222224242422222121212323222221212121232322222221
Feels °C (?)202022232422222019202323222221222222232322232322
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