Kua Bay surf break

Kua Bay surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 07 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
25.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1ft (0.3m)17s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)181816161615151414141413131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)494841656356545452787169696968666461595757565655
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
0
W
10
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
S
10
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
W
10
W
5
NNW
5
N
0
W
5
SSW
0
SE
0
WSW
5
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
0
NNW
5
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
0.76
7:32PM
0.43
7:07AM
0.66
8:40PM
0.47
7:36AM
0.57
9:56PM
0.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
0.11
12:32AM
0.24
2:13PM
0.12
1:36AM
0.32
2:45PM
0.13
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-7:00-------7:00-------7:00------
Sunset----6:00-------6:00-------6:00---
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C232324252423242423232525252423232323242524232323
Feels °C (?)252625262625262625252727272726252626262726262526
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