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Makalawena surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 HST
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Makalawena surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Makalawena sea temperature is
26.1° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Makalawena today?

The current surf forecast for Makalawena at 7PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Afternoon (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
WNW
0.4
NW
0.6
NW
0.9
NW
1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
Period(s) (?)151414141414141414141313131313132018171616161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)154213071179951733540507463390342257253222178175113109260505504553619466398
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
SW
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
10
E
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
SE
5
SE
5
E
5
ENE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:38PM
0.31
3:31AM
0.83
3:15PM
0.33
4:03AM
0.85
3:52PM
0.35
4:34AM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
0.17
8:04PM
0.05
10:41AM
0.15
8:42PM
0.03
11:07AM
0.14
9:19PM
0.03
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-------7:01-------7:01-------7:01
Sunset--6:06-------6:06-------6:07-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232524222221202023232322212121212323232221212121
Feels °C (?)202220202220171722232321192122202322232322222221
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