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Kua Bay surf break

Kua Bay surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 28 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
25.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Kua Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Kua Bay at 10AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Afternoon (28 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.8
N
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)171817171615151414131317181716161515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)304318386300263184167118985957116121202334402493584665656647630621672
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
E
5
S
10
S
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
0.77
11:55AM
0.28
1:38AM
0.83
1:20PM
0.29
2:27AM
0.89
2:19PM
0.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
0.24
5:41PM
0.07
9:12AM
0.18
6:47PM
0.04
9:45AM
0.14
7:45PM
0.02
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise---7:00-------7:00-------6:58----
Sunset------6:13-------6:14-------6:14-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232323232524242323232323252424242424242426262525
Feels °C (?)262626252625262627272727272627262727272627272627
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