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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 02 Sep 2025 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
26.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


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

The current surf forecast for Mahai'ula Bay at 6PM is: 0.2m 3s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (02 Sep)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (02 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.2
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NNW
Period(s) (?)1515314131313131312121212121211111111111111114
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3552167636261615753555252362120292019192018243
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
SSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
E
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
0.70
12:58AM
0.29
1:33PM
0.75
1:42AM
0.34
2:09PM
0.79
2:20AM
0.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
0.19
5:58AM
0.14
8:49PM
0.16
6:56AM
0.11
9:08PM
0.13
7:45AM
0.09
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:09-------6:09
Sunset--6:37-------6:37-------6:36-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262626262525242426252525252424252626262525242526
Feels °C (?)262626272726262627262727282727282828282728272828
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Mahai'ula Bay (light winds from the W at Kailua/Kona Airport 6 km from Mahai'ula Bay). A 0.8m local chop from the WNW

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2 h 26 min ago

17 km/h
W
Cross-On
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