Makalawena surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 23 Feb 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
25.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Makalawena today?

The current surf forecast for Makalawena at 8AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (23 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
1
2
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.6
NNE
1
NNE
1.3
NNE
0.8
NNE
1
N
1.1
N
1.8
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.6
NNE
2
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)889988161515151514151514141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2340495912520234147153713961021994131213129941644674555434350286286282277
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NW
0
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18PM
0.67
6:52AM
0.40
9:39PM
0.68
7:19AM
0.32
11:10PM
0.71
10:17AM
0.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
0.33
1:34PM
0.10
6:15AM
0.32
2:33PM
0.12
7:54AM
0.25
4:03PM
0.14
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:48-------6:47-------6:46----
Sunset------6:25-------6:27-------6:27-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111----11---------------
Temp. °C222221222424242322222222242423232221212123232322
Feels °C (?)242423232325262624232121232424222120202022232323
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