Tombstones Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks)

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Tombstones surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 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 26.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tombstones today?

The current surf forecast for Tombstones at 5PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Evening (16 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	8s

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

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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)	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	SE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	N
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	191	161	187	177	115	112	69	169	169	168	163	156	178	178	80	85	152	156	156	131	127	127	103	103
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NE	N	NNW	NE	WSW	SW	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSW	S	SSW	E	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:21PM 0.82				12:08AM 0.40				1:02PM 0.84				12:57AM 0.48				1:36PM 0.84				1:36AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)				7:27PM 0.22				5:50AM 0.07				7:47PM 0.18				6:43AM 0.05					8:08PM 0.14			7:27AM 0.05

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	25	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	25	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25
Feels °C (?)	27	27	26	26	26	27	26	27	27	25	26	27	25	26	26	26	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

Wind Update Cross-off wind 5 km from Tombstones has become light (calm at BUOY-ILOH1). Waves should be turning clean at Tombstones. 1.5m 8s swell from the E with a 0.7m 8s swell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 59 min ago

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