Makalawena surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 11 Apr 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
25.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Makalawena today?

The current surf forecast for Makalawena at 4AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
NNE
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.4
NW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.8
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
Period(s) (?)91013131212111111101010101414101211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8191743133180200172146112108807967894790101755773977672
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
5
WSW
0
N
5
NE
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:24PM
0.64
12:41PM
0.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
0.17
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise---6:09-------6:07-------6:07----
Sunset------6:40-------6:40-------6:40-
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
23211--------121--------
Temp. °C252424252626262525242425262524232323232426262525
Feels °C (?)262526272929292828262828282826262526272728282626
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