Kua Bay surf break

Kua Bay surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 23 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
26.3° C
(Which is 1.2°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 4PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 23). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (23 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Evening (23 Dec)--

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

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Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
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 (?)
1.3
NNE
0.2
N
0.1
W
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.3
NNE
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
1.4
NNE
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)10141199914131312121211111111101213131212129
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)016200018171615151312129980766667
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
W
5
WNW
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
E
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
0
SW
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
0
ESE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassoffcrosscross-
on
glassglassoffoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
0.33
6:33AM
0.77
7:13PM
0.36
7:07AM
0.72
8:26PM
0.40
7:43AM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:18PM
0.15
11:12PM
0.14
1:52PM
0.14
11:58PM
0.20
2:27PM
0.13
1:01AM
0.28
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56
Sunset--5:51-------5:51-------5:52-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------11------------
Temp. °C262625252423232325242323232222222423232323232222
Feels °C (?)292928272725242526252525262424232524252624252423
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