- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Makalawena Surf Forecast
/ HAW – Big Island (60 breaks) / Hawaii (267 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Makalawena surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 HSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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 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 7AM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 4s |
| Afternoon (19 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 12s |
| Evening (19 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Makalawena. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 60 | 45 | 71 | 6 | 37 | 41 | 96 | 85 | 85 | 87 | 131 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 123 | 84 | 121 | 121 | 123 | 127 | 189 | 132 | 121 | 123 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | on | on | on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:40AM 0.40 | 5:47PM 0.88 | 5:22AM 0.34 | 6:39PM 0.84 | 6:13AM 0.29 | 7:39PM 0.80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:52PM 0.16 | 10:25AM 0.00 | 12:55AM 0.18 | 11:02AM 0.03 | 2:11AM 0.20 | 11:43AM 0.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 6:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:44 | - |
 |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
| Feels °C (?) | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 |
- 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