Tombstones surf break

Tombstones surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 17 Nov 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
26.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tombstones today?

The current surf forecast for Tombstones at 9PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)--
Afternoon (17 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (17 Nov)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
3
2
1
1
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.3
E
1.6
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
Period(s) (?)8111110107777777777778888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89172166127100106919494899191181225444387375441367367337332332341
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
NE
0
SSW
5
E
5
NW
0
NW
5
WSW
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
5
SE
5
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
SE
10
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:19AM
0.84
1:22PM
0.52
2:50AM
0.87
1:51PM
0.49
3:22AM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15PM
-0.01
8:38AM
0.28
7:39PM
-0.04
9:18AM
0.27
8:05PM
-0.05
9:58AM
0.27
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise-----6:30-------6:31-------6:31--
Sunset5:39-------5:39-------5:39-------
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-1----2-1----157632321-1
Temp. °C242424232221212221222323222222232324242424242524
Feels °C (?)262726252323242423242626252525252628262626272625
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