Pohoiki 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 19.48° N 154.82° W

Issued: 1 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Pohoiki sea temperature is

26.4° C

Pohoiki surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Pohoiki today (11 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Pohoiki at 9PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Afternoon (11 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Evening (11 Jul)	5ft (1.6m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 23°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 11					Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	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	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	172	176	232	302	407	427	358	396	428	477	428	382	382	339	298	253	282	270	246	234	202	167	144	142
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		1:43PM1.05m				00:59AM0.50m					2:30PM1.12m			1:58AM0.52m					3:15PM1.15m				2:51AM0.54m
Low Tide					8:42PM0.31m			7:02AM-0.00m					9:26PM0.26m			7:54AM-0.03m					10:06PM0.23m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—
	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	—	7:00
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	1	2	2	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—
Temp °C	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	24	24	25	25	24	24	24	23	24
Feels °C	26	25	26	26	26	24	24	25	24	23	24	22	23	23	22	22	23	24	24	24	25	25	24	25
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	172	176	232	302	407	427	358	396	428	477	428	382	382	339	298	253	282	270	246	234	202	167	144	142
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 18	N 7	N 7	N 7	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	NNE 7	NNE 8	NNE 7	SW 16	SW 15	NNE 7	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7
kJ	28	28	49	34	34	35	57	55	53	50	49	48	117	99	121	62	58	82	54	55	54	45	47	47
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 19	SW 18	SSW 12	SW 18	S 13	SSE 13	SW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SSE 12	SSE 12	SW 15	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SW 14	NE 7	SW 14
kJ	34	50	27	79	53	57	77	74	67	65	65	64	64	64	63	47	46	56	25	24	23	53	18	51
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	—	—	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	—	—	—	NNE 7	NNE 7	—	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	—	—	—
kJ	158	153	139	77	—	—	102	96	91	111	117	125	—	—	—	164	139	—	84	66	66	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	37	37	37	37	35	37	37	37	121	37	116	116	116	42	37	37	116	37	116	44	39	39	0	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	8	9	8	6	9	9	5	6

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