Tombstones surf break

Tombstones surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 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
26.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tombstones today?

The current surf forecast for Tombstones at 4AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (20 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (20 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
Period(s) (?)888888777887777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15715315315316921418118115712512516415310411911210591919171716694
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
S
0
SW
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:32AM
0.78
2:05PM
0.65
3:03AM
0.83
2:28PM
0.60
3:34AM
0.85
2:51PM
0.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
0.21
8:20PM
-0.00
9:12AM
0.23
8:41PM
-0.02
9:51AM
0.25
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---6:16-------6:16-------6:16----
Sunset------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---11--11-1--11-111111--
Temp. °C252424252525252424242425252525242424242426252524
Feels °C (?)282727282726272626262526262526252626262627262627
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tombstones (calm at BUOY-ILOH1 5 km from Tombstones). 1.2m 8s swell from the NE with a 0.9m 8s swell from the ESE and a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the NNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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