James Kealoha Beach Park 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 19.74° N 155.03° W

Issued: 7 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's James Kealoha Beach Park sea temperature is

27.2°C

James Kealoha Beach Park surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at James Kealoha Beach Park today (06 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for James Kealoha Beach Park at 2PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	12s
Afternoon (06 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	12s
Evening (06 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	12s

Table - waves today at James Kealoha Beach Park. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Tue morning, min 25°C on Sun afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 6							Monday 7								Tuesday 8
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	2	1	2	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 9	E 13
Wave Graph
kJ	1438	1252	1211	1211	1231	1268	1138	1138	1138	1138	1119	1001	1119	1001	753	726	673	700	508	388	320	307	284
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				12:30PM0.85m				00:01AM0.40m				1:13PM0.89m				00:57AM0.48m				1:49PM0.90m
Low Tide	4:44AM0.04m					7:33PM0.23m				5:55AM0.00m				7:56PM0.17m				6:51AM-0.02m					8:21PM0.13m


	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:29	—	—
mm	2	1	1	2	2	1	—	—	1	2	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	1
Temp °C	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	26	26
Feels °C	29	29	27	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	29	30	29	29	28	28	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 9	NE 9
kJ	1438	1252	1211	1211	1231	1268	1138	1138	1138	1138	1119	1001	1119	1001	753	726	673	700	508	388	320	307	221
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	N 9	NNE 9	NNE 11	SSE 10	NNE 10	N 10	N 8	SE 9	N 9	N 9	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13
kJ	15	14	15	39	18	33	17	11	22	42	25	103	106	153	176	246	246	306	315	315	297	289	284
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	N 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 9	N 10	SE 9	SE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	SE 9	N 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	NW 12	NW 12	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	18	9	9	9	12	18	9	23	7	22	21	16	26	21	5	22	14	14	6	6	14	13	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SE 9	SSE 9	SE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 4	ESE 4	—	SE 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	154	14	10	37	37	24	29	24	—	9
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	3
Distance (km)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	92	5	6	0	0	0	2	72	2	2	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
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