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Punaluu surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 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
25.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Punaluu today?

The current surf forecast for Punaluu at 9AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (03 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (03 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.7
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)899988888888885558868866
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6259595953535158505039609811753373335342466643337
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
35
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
5
NE
5
SSE
10
S
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.00
5:05PM
0.65
5:20AM
0.93
5:46PM
0.68
5:47AM
0.84
6:28PM
0.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:07PM
0.04
11:25AM
0.10
10:48PM
0.10
11:52AM
0.10
11:29PM
0.17
12:18PM
0.12
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:54----
Sunset------6:15-------6:16-------6:16-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242323242525252423232323242323222221212223242323
Feels °C (?)201921222627272626252423222020192019202122242424
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