Kohala Lighthouse surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 09 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
25.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Kohala Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Kohala Lighthouse at 4AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.8
E
2.2
E
1.7
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)101010666766667777778888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)114111102779467605180757810314429546929517813511311389876969
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
15
E
5
SSE
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
5
N
15
NE
15
E
20
E
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
W
5
E
10
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:50PM
0.67
10:16PM
0.68
11:13AM
0.30
11:12PM
0.71
12:03PM
0.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
0.24
7:37AM
0.28
2:24PM
0.28
7:04AM
0.26
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---6:09-------6:09-------6:07----
Sunset------6:39-------6:39-------6:39-
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
32------1136542111111--1
Temp. °C222222232524242323222122212324242424242424242424
Feels °C (?)242325252725262325232222242525242424252527282625
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