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 1 am Monday 13 Oct 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 26.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Richardsons today?

The current surf forecast for Richardsons at 3AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (13 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s

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

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		Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	NW	ESE	ESE	NW	NW	NW	SE	NW	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	8	8	8	8	10	17	7	7	16	16	16	10	15	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	86	90	98	110	99	96	76	114	89	125	125	124	74	71	71	93	83	83	76	58	84	135	135	119
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	SE	E	E	E	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)					9:33AM 0.77				9:20PM 0.30				10:47AM 0.77					11:12PM 0.38				11:41AM 0.77
Low Tide / height (m)		12:57AM 0.11						5:50PM 0.26			2:46AM 0.16					6:16PM 0.21			4:27AM 0.18					6:40PM 0.17

		Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	25	24	24	25	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	24	25	24	24	25	25	25	25
Feels °C (?)	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	28	28	26	27	26	25	26	27	26	27	26	25	26	25	27	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Richardsons (light winds from the SW at Hilo Airport 5 km from Richardsons). 1.2m 8s swell from the ESE with a 0.6m 12s groundswell from the ENE and a 0.5m 10s swell from the NNE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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