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Kua Bay surf break

Kua Bay surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 10 Jan 2026 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
26.0° 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 2AM is: 0.9m 19s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
Period(s) (?)161515191918171616161515141414141816161516161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)277314265637506356404280266259176167163113104116150271251226242483459418
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
5
NW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
SW
10
W
10
W
10
NW
25
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrossonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:11PM
0.57
8:34AM
0.40
12:13AM
0.62
9:48AM
0.34
1:02AM
0.68
11:47AM
0.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:50AM
0.39
4:02PM
0.14
8:13AM
0.33
4:52PM
0.14
8:56AM
0.28
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----7:01-------7:01-------7:01--
Sunset6:01-------6:01-------6:02-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C252423232323242424232323232324242423232323232424
Feels °C (?)262626262625262626252525252625252522232424252626
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