The Point_Punaluu Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

The Point_Punaluu surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 HST

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

Today's The Point_Punaluu sea temperature is 26.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Point_Punaluu today?

The current surf forecast for The Point_Punaluu at 3PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	8s
Evening (17 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	8s

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

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	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	18	18	16	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	333	333	287	324	327	300	300	320	320	346	284	266	234	276	191	176	191	218	243	318	283	203	269	366
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:21PM 0.89				1:43AM 0.54				2:00PM 0.90					2:20AM 0.62				2:32PM 0.89				2:53AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)					8:14PM 0.17			7:16AM 0.15					8:38PM 0.14				8:02AM 0.13				9:00PM 0.11

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	25	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25
Feels °C (?)	23	23	24	23	23	23	22	22	23	24	25	24	25	25	25	26	27	27	26	28	27	26	26	24

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Point_Punaluu (calm at Napo‘opo‘o wx 64 km from The Point_Punaluu). 1.6m 8s swell from the ESE with a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 31 minutes ago The Point_Punaluu

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