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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 27 Nov 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
26.2° 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 2PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 27). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (27 Nov)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (27 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sun
30
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.7
NW
1.3
NW
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
Period(s) (?)151515151515151514141414131212121212111221201918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)280322370318314258262258251248297224202187151148114843335463123521972690
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
S
10
S
5
WSW
10
N
5
N
5
SSW
10
W
10
W
0
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
N
10
N
15
NW
15
WNW
5
NW
5
SSW
10
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
crossglassglasscrossononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
0.66
10:47PM
0.39
9:34AM
0.62
11:48PM
0.49
10:33AM
0.56
12:35AM
0.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:25PM
0.14
2:51AM
0.32
4:59PM
0.11
4:51AM
0.34
5:32PM
0.08
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sun
30
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset----5:43-------5:43-------5:43---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242425252524242423242525252424232324252524242323
Feels °C (?)262525262725272626272726282526262625262526262424
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