Makalawena surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 24 Nov 2025 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
26.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Makalawena today?

The current surf forecast for Makalawena at 1PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (24 Nov)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (24 Nov)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thu
27
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.8
NW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121111111111111110181717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)171138136104989290696948464330303018181750104135206201295
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ESE
5
W
15
SW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
0
N
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
S
0
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:21AM
0.76
6:10PM
0.27
7:04AM
0.73
7:28PM
0.27
7:50AM
0.70
9:14PM
0.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
0.19
11:11PM
0.14
2:58PM
0.19
11:54PM
0.19
3:45PM
0.17
1:01AM
0.26
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thu
27
Sunrise-6:37-------6:37-------6:39------
Sunset----5:43-------5:43-------5:43---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242526262525252424242525252524242424252525242424
Feels °C (?)272828272627282626272726272827262727262627262627
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