Tombstones surf break

Tombstones surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 HST
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Tombstones surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tombstones sea temperature is
25.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tombstones today?

The current surf forecast for Tombstones at 5AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)777777777777778888887777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)616161616160585959596268888871116119141137133131131131104
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
ENE
0
NE
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
0.63
2:56PM
0.79
2:33AM
0.58
3:39PM
0.85
3:06AM
0.51
4:25PM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:17PM
0.06
8:17AM
-0.13
9:06PM
0.08
8:47AM
-0.18
9:57PM
0.11
9:20AM
-0.20
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---6:01-------6:01-------6:00----
Sunset------6:37-------6:38-------6:38-
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Rain (mm)
---------------1-1------
Temp. °C232323242425242423232324252525242423232324242423
Feels °C (?)262626262527262726262627272828272726252526252626
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