Makalawena surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 28 Feb 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
24.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Makalawena today?

The current surf forecast for Makalawena at 1AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (01 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.4
NW
0.7
NE
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NW
0.6
WNW
0.7
NNE
0.6
NW
0.6
NNE
0.5
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
Period(s) (?)101015101413131311111212101110131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75866798100901191211191171129590776584167152147147149118118116
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NE
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
W
5
S
5
SW
0
ESE
5
N
0
N
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
ENE
0
SSW
5
ENE
5
SE
5
SE
5
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glasscrossonglassglasscross-
off
crossglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
0.83
3:04PM
0.46
3:23AM
0.81
3:41PM
0.53
3:55AM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:48PM
0.07
9:38AM
0.10
8:38PM
0.07
10:01AM
0.08
9:23PM
0.08
10:24AM
0.07
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:43-------6:41--
Sunset6:28-------6:29-------6:29-------
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light rain
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Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C252424232323252524232323232425252524232423232525
Feels °C (?)262525252525262826252627262727282827262626252728
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