Pohoiki surf break

Pohoiki surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 05 Sep 2025 HST
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Pohoiki surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pohoiki sea temperature is
26.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pohoiki today?

The current surf forecast for Pohoiki at 12PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (05 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.6
S
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)101010101098917101614141313131313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)22120916315312910994191425289905547714608690679752775775775728851851786
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
NE
5
E
0
ESE
0
NE
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
0
ENE
0
W
5
E
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16PM
1.01
2:18AM
0.66
2:45PM
1.02
2:56AM
0.75
3:14PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:23AM
0.10
8:50PM
0.18
8:05AM
0.08
9:13PM
0.13
8:48AM
0.08
9:37PM
0.09
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
Sunrise-6:03-------6:03-------6:05------
Sunset----6:30-------6:30-------6:29---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------21-----
Temp. °C242526272625252424252526262525242425252525252423
Feels °C (?)252627262625272626282627272829282727262525262423
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pohoiki (calm at Hawaiian Paradise Park wx 17 km from Pohoiki). 0.7m 6s windswell from the E with a 0.5m 8s swell from the SE and a 0.4m 10s swell from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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0 km/h
WNW
0.0
26.6
Air / Water (°C)
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