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Polihale Surf Photo: ' Polihale December 2010' by christie Thompson

Lat Long: 22.09° N 159.75° W

Issued: 7 am 24 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Polihale sea temperature is

26.1° C

Normal for this time of year

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	ENE		NNE	SE
	10 s	glass		10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 December at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	WNW		NNE	SE
	10 s	glass		10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 December at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	N		NNE	SE
	10 s	glass		10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 December at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NNE		NNE	SE
	10 s	glass		10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 December at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NE	E		NNE	SE
	9 s	glass		9 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 December at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NE	SE		NNE	SE
	9 s	glass		9 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 December at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NW	SSE		NNE	SE
	12 s	glass		9 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 24 December at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNW	SSE		SE	NNE
	12 s	glass		9 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 December at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	S		N	N
	12 s	glass		13 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 December at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	S		N	SE
	15 s	cross- off		15 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 December at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	SSE		N	SE
	15 s	cross- off		15 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 December at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	S		N	SE
	14 s	cross- off		14 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 December at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	SSE	SSE	N	SE
	14 s	cross- off	4 s	14 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 December at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	S		N	SSE
	13 s	cross- off		13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 December at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	SSE		N	SE
	13 s	cross- off		13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 25 December at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	S		N	SE
	13 s	cross- off		13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 December at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	SSW		N	SE
	13 s	cross- off		13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 26 December at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Polihale around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 21 minutes after high water (at high ordinary tide). Tide height was 0.7m (2.2 ft). Range 0.78m (2.6 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Polihale Surf Photo: ' Polihale December 2010' by christie Thompson

Dark clouds over Niihau, and off shore winds!

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User: christie Thompson (1 photo)

Country: United States (4069 photos)

Photo taken at: 6:05 am 25 Dec 2010