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Makalawena surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 22 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
25.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Makalawena today?

The current surf forecast for Makalawena at 5AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (22 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (22 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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)
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.8
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)151414141414131313131313131312121212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73070163863862151547950939438838237632127726420918414414212391916651
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
WSW
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
15
NW
20
N
15
NNE
5
E
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
SE
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
0
SSW
10
SW
15
WNW
10
NNE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		glassglasscrossglassglassglasscross-
on		oncrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:00AM
0.75
6:47PM
0.48
6:29AM
0.68
7:45PM
0.53
6:58AM
0.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:17PM
0.15
12:51PM
0.10
12:06AM
0.22
1:20PM
0.09
1:07AM
0.29
1:52PM
0.09
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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Sunset------6:09-------6:09-------6:10-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232322222425242324232323232424242323232325252524
Feels °C (?)242523222425232326242424242526262425252525252626
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