Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Makalawena today (28 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with NNE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with NNE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with NNE swell.
The current surf forecast for Makalawena at 3AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 27). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (28 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 6s |
| Evening (28 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Makalawena. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Thu night, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | |||||||||||||||||
5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 26 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 40 | 36 | 36 | 41 | 47 | 133 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | glassy | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-on | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy |
High Tide | 4:00AM0.52m | 4:09PM0.75m | 4:36AM0.58m | 4:36PM0.69m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:18PM0.10m | 9:40AM0.10m | 10:39PM0.08m | 10:22AM0.13m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:42 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
Feels °C | 29 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 5 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 | S 15 | SSW 13 | S 14 | SSW 13 | NNE 6 | S 13 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 |
| kJ | 26 | 284 | 355 | 310 | 339 | 198 | 209 | 184 | 257 | 181 | 29 | 171 | 28 | 40 | 36 | 36 | 41 | 47 | 41 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | S 16 | S 16 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | SSW 13 | S 14 | SSW 13 | NNE 6 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 |
| kJ | 215 | 326 | 326 | 26 | 23 | 155 | 132 | 206 | 184 | 188 | 135 | 29 | 171 | 161 | 121 | 119 | 119 | 107 | 73 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 16 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | SSW 14 | S 11 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 257 | 24 | 24 | 160 | 62 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 127 | 85 | 121 | 55 | 121 | 121 | 74 | 69 | 133 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 8 | W 3 | W 3 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 103 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 100 | 100 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 100 | 100 | 103 | 12 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Makalawena surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest