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Makalawena surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 07 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
25.8° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Makalawena today?

The current surf forecast for Makalawena at 6AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)9912121111161515141414131313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13812421817114013311910614214013412912011818015411310810313399988293
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
0
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
0
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		ononglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
0.76
7:32PM
0.43
7:07AM
0.66
8:40PM
0.47
7:36AM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
0.15
1:40PM
0.11
12:32AM
0.24
2:13PM
0.12
1:36AM
0.32
2:45PM
0.13
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---7:00-------7:00-------7:00----
Sunset------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1111--1-----------------
Temp. °C242323232424232323232323252525242323232324252423
Feels °C (?)262524252626242425252525272627272626262626272626
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