Kua Bay surf break

Kua Bay surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 21 Dec 2025 HST
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Kua Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kua Bay sea temperature is
26.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kua Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Kua Bay at 4AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Dec)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (21 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (21 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1
N
1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
1
N
1
N
1
N
1
N
0.2
WNW
0.1
W
0.1
W
1.3
NNE
0.1
W
1.5
NNE
Period(s) (?)13131212121212111111111111111111111011111110119
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5695514854613803143142552552461961921891892290001222020
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SSE
0
SSE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
SW
5
S
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
SE
5
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
ENE
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
SSW
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassoffcrosscrossglassglassglassglasscrossglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:53AM
0.84
4:38PM
0.31
5:26AM
0.83
5:20PM
0.32
6:00AM
0.81
6:11PM
0.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:24PM
0.04
12:08PM
0.15
9:58PM
0.06
12:43PM
0.15
10:34PM
0.09
1:18PM
0.15
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Sunrise---6:52-------6:54-------6:54----
Sunset------5:50-------5:50-------5:51-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252424242625252424242424262625252424242426262524
Feels °C (?)292728272827282728282826282828292727262728282725
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