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Kawela Surf Forecast
/ HAW – Molokai (14 breaks) / Hawaii (267 breaks) /
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Kawela surfForecast / HAW – Molokai / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 HSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Kawela surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kawela sea temperature is
26.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Kawela today?
The current surf forecast for Kawela at 4PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 04). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (04 Dec) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 6s |
| Evening (04 Dec) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Kawela. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 18 | 25 | 35 | 17 | 16 | 50 | 89 | 114 | 151 | 196 | 226 | 196 | 191 | 176 | 128 | 120 | 97 | 97 | 34 | 54 | 83 | 85 | 98 | 103 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | glass | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:39PM 0.23 | 3:50AM 0.85 | 3:31PM 0.20 | 4:37AM 0.84 | 4:25PM 0.19 | 5:26AM 0.80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:46AM 0.05 | 8:32PM -0.11 | 11:40AM 0.04 | 9:15PM -0.09 | 12:34PM 0.04 | 10:00PM -0.06 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 |
| Sunset | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 25 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Feels °C (?) | 26 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
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