Surf Forecasts:
Hulihee Palace surf forecast from 25 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 26 Aug, 11PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 19s period, S swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 26 Aug, 11PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 19s period, S swell with 444 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 24 Aug, 11PM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Hulihee Palace this week:
The surf forecast for Hulihee Palace over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 24) at 11PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.6m and 13s period with a secondary swell of 0.5m and 12s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Hulihee Palace in the next 16 days are 0.8m 19s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Aug 26) at 11PM. Winds are predicted to be glassy at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 11PM (Mon 24th Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) 13s |
| Best Surf | 11PM (Wed 26th Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 19s |
| Most Powerful | 11PM (Wed 26th Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 19s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Hulihee Palace over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, Rusty here. Look, we’ve got a long 16-day stretch ahead at Hulihee Palace (Big Island) and it’s mostly a flat, frustrating affair. The first week is tiny swell with messy winds – you’ll be sitting on the beach way more than paddling out. There’s a big gap of several days where it’s just not worth wetting a wetsuit. Things only turn around when we hit the first week of September.
Monday 24th August through Monday 31st August – forget it. Swell is 1ft to 2ft from the SSW or S, with periods that look like groundswell (13 to 19 seconds) but the energy is weak to moderate (182–671). Winds are cross, cross-on, or onshore nearly the whole time. Water temp is 82°, a touch warmer than normal. Tuesday 25th morning has glassy conditions with a 2ft SSW swell at 16 seconds, but the wave comment says “questionable tide conditions,” so don’t bother.
Now, Wednesday 2nd September and Thursday 3rd September – this is where we get a pulse. Wednesday morning has a 3ft S swell at 16 seconds but it’s onshore and poor. The real standout is Thursday afternoon 3rd September – dead calm, glassy, 3ft S swell at 14 seconds with moderate energy (292). It’s small but clean as a whistle. The other standout is Saturday morning 5th September – again glassy, calm, 2ft S swell at 13 seconds with moderate energy (282). These two sessions are your only true windows for a clean, fun session. Small enough for beginners, and the conditions will be unreal.
Monday 7th September afternoon offers a clean cross-offshore breeze with a 2ft SSW swell at 14 seconds and light energy (265) – decent, but not as good as the glassy mornings.
For the second week, the swell tries to build (3ft from the S on the 1st and 2nd of Sept, and 3ft from SSW on the 6th) but the wind stays onshore or cross-onshore, ruining the quality. Those bigger days are for the die-hards only.
So, bottom line: we’ve got two clear standouts – Thursday afternoon 3rd Sept and Saturday morning 5th Sept. Everything else is marginal or poor. This is a consistent reef that gets busy sometimes, but with these conditions you’ll have it pretty much to yourself on those glassy windows. Don’t expect any real power or size – just clean little fun waves.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 25°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Sun morning, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | S 18 | S 18 | SSW 17 | S 18 | S 18 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | SSW 17 | S 11 | SSW 15 | SW 15 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 139 | 149 | 146 | 186 | 163 | 227 | 300 | 301 | 300 | 215 | 228 | 150 | 196 | 126 | 121 | 106 | 108 | 94 | 89 | 107 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | glassy | on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | on | glassy | on | cross | glassy |
High Tide | 1:58AM0.30m | 2:32PM0.71m | 2:35AM0.34m | 3:02PM0.70m | 3:11AM0.38m | 3:32PM0.68m | 3:49AM0.43m | 4:00PM0.64m | 4:27AM0.47m | 4:29PM0.59m | 5:10AM0.52m | 4:59PM0.52m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 9:08PM0.12m | 7:24AM0.06m | 9:31PM0.10m | 8:06AM0.05m | 9:53PM0.09m | 8:47AM0.06m | 10:15PM0.08m | 9:29AM0.08m | 10:36PM0.06m | 10:14AM0.11m | 10:58PM0.05m | 11:05AM0.15m | 11:23PM0.05m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — |
 | 6:45 | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:42 | — | — | 6:40 | — | — | 6:39 | — |
mm | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
Feels °C | 34 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | S 18 | SSW 17 | S 18 | SSW 16 | S 15 | S 15 | S 15 | SSW 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 12 | S 11 |
| kJ | 139 | 121 | 115 | 186 | 121 | 227 | 300 | 301 | 259 | 215 | 228 | 150 | 139 | 126 | 121 | 106 | 73 | 94 | 67 | 86 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 12 | S 12 | SSW 14 | S 19 | SSW 13 | S 18 | S 16 | SSW 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 70 | 149 | 146 | 81 | 71 | 160 | 273 | 135 | 300 | 188 | 160 | 132 | 196 | 84 | 84 | 54 | 108 | 91 | 89 | 107 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 18 | S 11 | SSE 12 | WNW 9 | S 18 | SSW 11 | S 12 | S 16 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | W 10 | SSW 19 | SW 18 | SW 17 | S 12 | SW 16 | SSW 12 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 103 | 40 | 27 | 8 | 163 | 70 | 69 | 132 | 112 | 75 | 73 | 40 | 7 | 35 | 81 | 43 | 43 | 62 | 26 | 83 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 12 | WNW 3 | — | W 9 | WNW 9 | — | NW 10 | — | — | — | NW 8 | — | W 9 | NNW 9 | W 9 | — | NW 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 24 | 3 | — | 15 | 8 | — | 24 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 15 | 8 | 7 | — | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 20 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 118 | 118 | 0 | 100 | 20 | 0 | 118 | 7 | 0 | 100 | 118 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 |
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