- 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 Monday 30 Mar 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
25.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Makalawena today?
The current surf forecast for Makalawena at 9AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Mar) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (30 Mar) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 12s |
| Evening (30 Mar) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Makalawena. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wednesday 01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 196 | 248 | 299 | 294 | 294 | 294 | 289 | 289 | 289 | 232 | 284 | 242 | 242 | 288 | 290 | 275 | 325 | 486 | 340 | 291 | 286 | 521 | 502 | 194 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | glass | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:15AM 0.71 | 2:51PM 0.58 | 2:48AM 0.67 | 3:24PM 0.65 | 3:19AM 0.62 | 3:56PM 0.71 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:47AM 0.08 | 8:40PM 0.14 | 9:08AM 0.07 | 9:25PM 0.14 | 9:29AM 0.06 | |||||||||||||||||||
Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wednesday 01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - |
 |  | |  |  | | | |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
| Feels °C (?) | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
- 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