Richardsons Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Richardsons surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 HST

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

Today's Richardsons sea temperature is 26.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Richardsons today?

The current surf forecast for Richardsons at 9AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Afternoon (27 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Evening (27 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s

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

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	Wednesday 27							Thursday 28								Friday 29								Sat 30
	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)	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	SE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	221	184	188	188	184	168	158	131	144	148	142	130	127	154	140	139	149	171	178	168	178	177	170	170
Wind (km/h)	SSE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	E	E	E	E	SE	SE	SW	SE	E	E	ESE	SE	SW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:36AM 0.64				5:03PM 0.61				6:24AM 0.63				5:16PM 0.54				7:26AM 0.61				5:17PM 0.47
Low Tide / height (m)				11:22AM 0.26				11:36PM 0.09				12:09PM 0.34				12:03AM 0.10				1:20PM 0.41				12:37AM 0.12

	Wednesday 27							Thursday 28								Friday 29								Sat 30
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	25	26	26	25	25	25	24	23	25	25	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	24	24
Feels °C (?)	28	27	26	26	25	27	28	26	25	26	25	26	27	27	26	27	27	26	25	25	25	27	25	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Richardsons (calm at BUOY-ILOH1 5 km from Richardsons). 1.4m 8s swell from the E with a 0.6m 8s swell, also from the E and a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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