Kohala Lighthouse surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 HST
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Kohala Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kohala Lighthouse sea temperature is
25.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Kohala Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Kohala Lighthouse at 8PM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)5s
Evening (17 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.7
ENE
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
1.3
E
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)455555556666657756665577
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4795108105105121129126194243187146119788973851941791239574100103
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
35
E
25
E
30
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
0.90
2:56AM
0.54
4:22PM
0.93
3:25AM
0.48
5:10PM
0.92
3:52AM
0.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
0.01
10:05PM
0.27
9:06AM
-0.01
11:03PM
0.30
9:38AM
-0.00
12:12AM
0.33
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01
Sunset--6:42-------6:42-------6:43-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232424242323232323242323232323232424242323232323
Feels °C (?)202223232122212022222021212323222222232222222221
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