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Kiholo Bay surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 HST
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Kiholo Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kiholo Bay sea temperature is
26.0° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kiholo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Kiholo Bay at 8AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
NW
0.7
NW
0.9
NNW
1.1
NNW
0.8
N
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
WNW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
Period(s) (?)151514141414171616161416151514141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)176167163113104118148264435620243720693543476463384313257253219172132128
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
W
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassonglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
0.62
9:20AM
0.34
1:02AM
0.68
11:35AM
0.30
1:43AM
0.72
12:56PM
0.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
0.34
4:48PM
0.14
9:01AM
0.28
5:40PM
0.13
9:24AM
0.24
6:31PM
0.10
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset------6:02-------6:02-------6:04-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------11----------------
Temp. °C232323232524242323232222242424232323232325252523
Feels °C (?)252424232625262424242222262627262625252527242322
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