Publics surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Feb 2026 HST
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Publics surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Publics sea temperature is
24.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Publics today?

The current surf forecast for Publics at 9AM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Afternoon (21 Feb)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)6ft (1.8m)9s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.5
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)999999999999999999998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)79274574565958552852151033429324936019815912912312373747350494933
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13AM
0.38
7:48PM
0.49
6:45AM
0.30
9:01PM
0.52
7:17AM
0.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
0.13
12:42PM
-0.02
2:09AM
0.18
1:17PM
-0.02
4:25AM
0.20
2:01PM
-0.01
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset------6:31-------6:31-------6:32-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
22331231-------------111
Temp. °C222222212323232222212121232423232221212122222222
Feels °C (?)232323232423242323222222242424242322222223232323
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