Tombstones surf break

Tombstones surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 30 Jan 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 8AM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (30 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (30 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
3
4
4
4
2
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.7
NW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NW
0.8
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
0.8
N
1
N
0.9
NNW
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
Period(s) (?)121919171614141418181817161514141313121212111011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8114523120224526825320339995410811020892786565527458367175299236127106110
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
E
15
E
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
0.91
1:16PM
0.38
2:42AM
0.94
2:08PM
0.43
3:18AM
0.94
2:54PM
0.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
0.17
7:20PM
-0.15
9:24AM
0.13
8:09PM
-0.16
9:53AM
0.10
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise---6:56-------6:54-------6:54----
Sunset------6:10-------6:10-------6:12-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------11-------
Temp. °C242323232525252424232323242424232322222225252423
Feels °C (?)272625252626272627262526252526262524232325252525
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