Waipio Valley surf break

Waipio Valley surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 HST
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Waipio Valley surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waipio Valley sea temperature is
25.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Waipio Valley today?

The current surf forecast for Waipio Valley at 3PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (28 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (28 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.7
NW
0.8
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.1
NW
1.6
NW
2.3
NW
Period(s) (?)161515151414141313131212161615151415151414181717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)192316421364114599681164353649140829223026036643236567680596690282273514843039
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
5
E
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
SE
0
E
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
0.44
1:13AM
0.94
11:56AM
0.44
1:55AM
1.00
12:59PM
0.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:00AM
0.42
5:14PM
0.08
8:23AM
0.37
6:13PM
0.03
8:50AM
0.32
7:04PM
-0.00
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-6:58-------6:58-------6:58------
Sunset----6:10-------6:12-------6:12---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242425252424242323232524242424242424252525242323
Feels °C (?)262627282828282726252726272827272727272727262425
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