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Kiholo Bay surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 16 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 1.4°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 11AM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
Period(s) (?)161515151515141414141414131313131313131217161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1087816695568449372261257261183180133120118996867666439107132121153
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NNW
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
W
5
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		onglassglassoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:55AM
0.80
2:30PM
0.31
3:28AM
0.83
3:07PM
0.32
4:00AM
0.85
3:44PM
0.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
0.18
7:58PM
0.05
10:39AM
0.16
8:36PM
0.03
11:05AM
0.15
9:13PM
0.03
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise-7:01-------7:01-------7:01------
Sunset----6:05-------6:06-------6:06---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202023242320202019202324232120202020232323222121
Feels °C (?)161620212018181816182224241918191919222324232121
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