Makalawena surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 05 Jul 2025 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
26.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Makalawena today?

The current surf forecast for Makalawena at 10AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (05 Jul)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (05 Jul)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.9
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.3
SW
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NE
1
NNE
Period(s) (?)6666777777777777777777677766766661766666667667776767777777776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3434356278705683616162107109111757969100808911296787066768065716141555182263133595041354045478411172423937396060616159716553104
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
0
ENE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
S
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
0
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
W
5
SW
5
NNE
5
SSE
5
E
5
NE
5
ENE
5
W
5
WNW
10
N
5
NE
5
NW
0
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
0
SSE
5
S
10
S
5
NE
0
N
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
ESE
5
SE
5
N
5
N
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
10
SE
5
SE
0
S
0
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
offglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonglasscrossglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglassoncrossglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
onglassoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
0.68
11:58PM
0.32
1:48PM
0.73
1:05AM
0.30
2:27PM
0.78
1:58AM
0.30
3:04PM
0.81
2:42AM
0.30
3:40PM
0.84
3:23AM
0.31
4:15PM
0.86
4:04AM
0.33
4:50PM
0.86
4:47AM
0.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
0.13
8:38PM
0.28
5:58AM
0.11
9:18PM
0.24
6:43AM
0.09
9:52PM
0.20
7:26AM
0.07
10:24PM
0.17
8:08AM
0.05
10:56PM
0.15
8:48AM
0.03
11:27PM
0.14
9:27AM
0.04
11:57PM
0.13
10:08AM
0.06
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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Rain (mm)
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