Kawela surfForecast / HAW – Molokai / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 22 Aug 2025 HST
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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
27.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kawela today?

The current surf forecast for Kawela at 11AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (22 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (22 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Mon
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.4
SW
0.4
S
1.2
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)13131313131313121212121212121212888161161111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2212152112112172281781411731712391841351461241902182201962036014371100
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:47AM
0.35
3:18PM
0.74
3:27AM
0.39
3:48PM
0.69
4:08AM
0.43
4:16PM
0.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:36AM
0.01
10:28PM
0.07
9:20AM
0.04
10:51PM
0.07
10:03AM
0.08
11:13PM
0.07
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Mon
25
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset----6:52-------6:51-------6:50---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252526262625252525252626262525252525262626252525
Feels °C (?)252424232424242424242524252424262625252324232425
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Molokai

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Kawela (light winds from the ENE at Molokai Airport 19 km from Kawela). 0.6m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 2s local chop from the ENE and a 0.4m 7s swell from the SE as well as a 0.2m 20s long period groundswell from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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19 km/h
ENE
0.0
27.0
Air / Water (°C)
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