Mahai'ula Bay surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 HST
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Mahai'ula Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mahai'ula Bay sea temperature is
25.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Mahai'ula Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Mahai'ula Bay at 5AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)--

Table - waves today at Mahai'ula Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.5
WSW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121616131111111111887766121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)172170162116114696800030301818183202151476441129163183
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
SE
5
WNW
0
W
5
E
5
SE
10
E
5
SSW
10
ENE
15
NNE
5
NNE
15
SW
20
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
15
S
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassonglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
0.63
8:45AM
0.24
10:20PM
0.63
11:46AM
0.28
11:24PM
0.64
12:41PM
0.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
0.24
1:12PM
0.21
6:50AM
0.21
3:17PM
0.25
7:07AM
0.17
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---6:11-------6:09-------6:09----
Sunset------6:39-------6:39-------6:40-
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
331-----1234432---1----1
Temp. °C232222242527272724232122242524242424242425252525
Feels °C (?)252524272729272925232324242222222223232527292929
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