Makalawena surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 09 Apr 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
25.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Makalawena today?

The current surf forecast for Makalawena at 3PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
0.4
NW
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.2
WNW
0.2
NNE
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)1312121212121613114411111097713121211111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)162116114112686800326418181081021109184235251204196138
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
N
5
NW
5
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNE
10
N
10
SSE
5
NNE
15
S
25
SSW
35
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrossglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
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
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:11-------6:09-------6:09------
Sunset----6:39-------6:39-------6:40---
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-------132113211-1---111
Temp. °C242525262525252422222326232425242424252625252424
Feels °C (?)272828282626262524242426202224232424252727282727
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