Punaluu Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Punaluu surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 05 Sep 2025 HST

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

Today's Punaluu sea temperature is 26.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Punaluu today?

The current surf forecast for Punaluu at 9AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Afternoon (05 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s
Evening (05 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s

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

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	Friday 05							Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Mon 08
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSW	S	ESE	S	SSW	E	SSW	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	7	7	18	16	9	17	17	11	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	248	289	187	181	192	244	266	335	435	608	508	578	875	972	863	878	804	899	1070	1074	985	915	882	948
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:09AM 0.54				2:35PM 0.96				2:47AM 0.63				3:07PM 0.97				3:25AM 0.71				3:38PM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)		7:46AM 0.09					9:12PM 0.12				8:30AM 0.07				9:37PM 0.08				9:14AM 0.07				10:02PM 0.04

	Friday 05							Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Mon 08
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	25	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	25	26	26	25	24	25	24
Feels °C (?)	23	22	24	26	26	24	24	22	23	25	25	27	27	26	24	25	24	26	27	27	26	24	25	24

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

Wind Update Previously calm conditions have become cross-shore at Punaluu (light winds from the NE at Hawaiian Ocean View wx 19 km from Punaluu). 0.9m 7s swell from the ESE with a 0.6m 7s swell, also from the ESE and a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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19 km away, 34 min ago

19 km/h

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26.1

Air / Water (°C)

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