Pohoiki surf break

Pohoiki surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 10 Dec 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
25.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Pohoiki today?

The current surf forecast for Pohoiki at 9PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 10). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Dec)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (10 Dec)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (10 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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

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Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)888888888888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)164163163142142119949474747676585858605858585885858383
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
S
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
W
5
S
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
W
0
WNW
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglassglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:42PM
0.50
8:20AM
0.79
10:22PM
0.57
9:10AM
0.70
11:35PM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:56PM
0.26
1:24AM
0.37
3:44PM
0.24
3:04AM
0.46
4:26PM
0.22
5:01AM
0.48
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:43-------6:43
Sunset--5:40-------5:40-------5:42-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252525232223232324252423232222222324242323222323
Feels °C (?)252325242323232325262625252324242424242424222424
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