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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 13 Jan 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
26.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than 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 8AM is: 1.8m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (13 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NW
1.6
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.5
NW
Period(s) (?)161616161514141414131313131313131212121212121218
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89712971742160214801289116310499117787556184884803212652231781491842262943711351
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
0
NW
5
S
10
S
10
SW
5
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
WSW
10
NNW
25
NNE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
0.68
11:47AM
0.30
1:44AM
0.72
1:05PM
0.29
2:22AM
0.77
1:57PM
0.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
0.28
5:45PM
0.13
9:23AM
0.23
6:36PM
0.11
9:48AM
0.20
7:22PM
0.08
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset------6:04-------6:04-------6:05-
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C232323242424242423232323242525242323232324242323
Feels °C (?)242323252625262626252525262322232122222224252121
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