Big Island Surf

Detailed Big Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Big Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Big Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Big Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Big Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Big Island Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Big Island Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Big Island coastline are also listed below.

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	Sun	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Generals HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Pine Trees HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Papaikou Mill HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Generals HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.0 N	1.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNE	0.6 NW	-	0.5 SSW	0.8 N	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	15	14	9	13	-	14	11	10	7	9	7
Energy(?)	318	288	131	92	120	163	246	199	578	169	287	298	192	73	152	0	141	261	370	139	387	185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:40AM 0.59	6:01AM 0.37	7:29PM 0.70		6:39AM 0.30		8:56PM 0.82	9:18AM 0.14		10:26PM 0.83	11:26AM 0.26		11:54PM 0.72	11:44AM 0.31		12:51AM 0.73	1:19PM 0.29		1:35AM 0.73			2:00AM 0.56
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16AM 0.44	12:05PM 0.07		2:43AM 0.30	12:49PM 0.11			5:39AM 0.09	2:22PM 0.04		7:05AM 0.20	3:53PM 0.19		6:59AM 0.14	5:37PM 0.19		7:45AM 0.01	6:50PM 0.17		8:23AM 0.10	7:34PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	2	2	6	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1
High °C	25	25	25	24	25	25	24	24	23	24	24	25	24	25	24	23	25	23	22	22	22	22
Low °C	23	24	25	23	23	25	23	23	23	22	23	24	23	24	24	22	24	22	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	24	25	25	24	24	23	24	24	25	24	25	24	23	25	23	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.3 SW	1.0 N	1.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 SSE	0.5 N	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	7	7	13	8	9	9	9	9	5	5	13	10	14	8	7	7	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 E	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NNE	0.6 S	0.6 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.8 N	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	7	15	14	14	12	12	12	13	7	13	15	15	9	14	13	9	12	11	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	1.3 NNE	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	1.0 NE	-	1.1 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	8	-	-	5	2	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	10	-	7	-

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls HAW - Big Island	Generals HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 N	0.9 WNW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.6 WNW	0.9 N	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.4 SW	0.6 N	1.0 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 NNE	0.4 SW	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE
Period(s) (?)	11	14	10	10	14	10	13	13	13	7	6	14	10	7	14	14	7	13	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	244	528	340	203	372	301	225	233	272	114	79	92	78	230	123	122	250	87	182	185	278	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:51PM 0.77				5:03AM 0.40				7:26PM 0.88				5:24AM 0.32					9:13PM 0.72
Low Tide / height (m)				12:45AM 0.26				12:12PM -0.02					3:46AM 0.28			12:49PM 0.11						5:39AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	1	1	-	2	1	-	1	1	2	2	3	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	25	23	23	24	23	24	25	25	24	23	23	23	22	25	25	25	24	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	23	25	23	23	24	23	24	25	25	24	23	23	23	22	25	25	25	24	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24
Sunset	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.9 WNW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.6 WNW	0.9 N	0.8 ESE	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.8 NNE	1.0 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	14	10	10	14	10	7	13	13	7	11	12	7	7	13	13	14	13	7	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 N	0.9 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	7	16	7	5	16	4	13	14	14	14	13	14	10	6	14	14	12	13	13	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	1.0 E	-	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	2	-	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	8

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	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls HAW - Big Island	Generals HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 N	0.8 WNW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.6 WNW	0.9 N	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 N	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	15	10	10	14	10	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	10	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	216	467	197	201	341	206	375	383	520	163	119	282	151	296	372	322	340	186	373	289	261	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					6:51PM 0.77												6:17AM 0.22
Low Tide / height (m)												1:49AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	25	23	23	25	23	25	25	25	23	24	24	24	23	24	23	23	24	24	24	25	25
Chill °C (?)	23	25	23	23	25	23	25	25	25	23	24	24	24	23	24	23	23	24	24	24	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.8 WNW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.6 WNW	0.9 N	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 ESE	0.8 N	0.6 WNW	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	15	10	10	14	10	14	14	14	7	10	14	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	7	16	7	7	16	7	7	16	15	16	14	16	14	5	16	15	10	15	15	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	-	-	8	-	8	8	-	-

Big Island Surf Breaks

Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay

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beach

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river

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beach and reef

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river

beach and reef

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James Kealoha Beach Park

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beach and reef

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beach and point

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river

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Old Kona Airport State Park

beach and reef

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Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls

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Waimanu Bay

beach and reef

Waipio Bay

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Waipio Valley

river

The Big Island is the southern most island in the Hawaiian chain and because of this gets swell from just about every direction. The scenery can be as nice as coconut lined white or black sand beaches and as stark as being completely surrounded by the backbone of the island...old lava. Shallow reef breaks are usually a requirement for good surf but there are a few deep water breaks and even fewer beach breaks. Winter is the season on our island with large swells from the north and west. Look for the occasional large southern swell in the summer and if you want the most consistent surf on island check out the Hilo side of Hawaii.....Erik

Kona is reefy and rocky with crystal clear warm water. SW swells in the summer WNW in the winter. If no surf on this side... head to Hilo... a short 2 hour drive.....Logan

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