Pohoiki Surf Forecast

/ HAW – Big Island (60 breaks) / Hawaii (267 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Pohoiki surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 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 2PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	7s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	7s
Evening (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	245	245	214	222	228	220	191	186	258	183	150	152	150	169	108	123	149	145	149	153	208	203	169	182
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				1:41PM 0.95				1:53AM 0.66					2:11PM 0.94				2:27AM 0.74				2:38PM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)		6:54AM 0.17					8:17PM 0.19			7:38AM 0.15					8:38PM 0.16				8:18AM 0.15				8:58PM 0.13

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	4	3	2	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	25	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	25	25	24
Feels °C (?)	24	26	26	27	26	26	26	27	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	26	27	28	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pohoiki (calm at Hawaiian Paradise Park wx 17 km from Pohoiki). A 1.3m swell from the ESE
51 minutes ago Pohoiki

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17 km away, 51 min ago

5 km/h

ESE

0.0

26.6

Air / Water (°C)

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