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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	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Makalawena HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Tombstones HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island
Rating	2	3	0	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 N	1.9 NNE	0.1 SW	1.0 NNE	0.4 NW	1.6 NNE	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	1.1 N	1.7 NNE	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.0 NNE	2.0 N	2.4 NNE	1.1 NNE	2.5 NE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	13	9	15	9	14	13	13	14	12	6	6	6	6	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	213	634	13	214	81	461	211	261	371	155	84	136	225	180	248	523	1199	1316	360	1519	901	685
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:12AM 0.36		10:36PM 0.62	11:04AM 0.37		11:41PM 0.62	12:48PM 0.33		12:24AM 0.90	1:36PM 0.42		1:33AM 0.87		2:16PM 0.50	2:12AM 0.71		2:46PM 0.58	2:45AM 0.67		3:13PM 0.48	3:07AM 0.46
Low Tide / height (m)				6:35AM 0.28	3:53PM 0.19		7:34AM 0.16	5:04PM 0.25		8:00AM 0.13	6:47PM 0.17		8:25AM 0.10	7:50PM 0.15		8:43AM 0.09		8:37PM 0.15	8:27AM -0.04		9:15PM 0.05	9:12AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	4	4	-
High °C	25	22	22	25	25	22	24	24	23	24	24	23	24	24	23	24	22	21	24	22	22	22
Low °C	23	22	21	23	24	21	23	24	22	23	24	22	22	24	22	22	21	21	23	22	21	22
Chill °C (?)	25	22	22	25	25	22	24	24	23	24	24	23	24	24	23	24	22	21	24	22	22	22
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	6:31	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.9 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.6 NNE	0.5 NW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 N	1.0 NNE	2.0 N	2.4 NNE	1.1 NNE	2.5 NE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NNE
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.6 ESE	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	11	8	13	15	15	8	14	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	13	12	12	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NE	1.2 E	-	0.8 N	1.1 N	1.7 NNE	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.3 NNE	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island	Kaalualu Point HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Generals HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Makalawena HAW - Big Island	Makalawena HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	2	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	0.5 SE	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.6 NW	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	1.4 NE	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	6	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	15	9	9	14	11	13	13	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	206	181	213	63	238	171	209	746	665	217	31	57	318	320	250	68	84	206	378	222	217	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:18AM 0.14				10:40PM 0.71					11:04AM 0.37				11:54PM 0.72				12:28PM 0.22
Low Tide / height (m)		6:10AM 0.24								7:03AM 0.20			3:56PM 0.19					7:34AM 0.16				5:36PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	25	24	24	23	23	21	22	23	25	23	24	23	23	22	22	23	22	24	23	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	25	24	24	23	23	21	22	23	25	23	24	23	23	22	22	23	22	24	23	23
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	1.1 N	0.9 NNE	1.0 N	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.8 E	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.6 NW	1.4 NE	0.8 NNE	0.5 S	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	8	13	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 ESE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.6 SSE	0.6 N	0.6 S	0.5 NW	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	13	11	11	13	13	13	8	8	16	16	8	15	14	14	11	11	14	10	14	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	-	1.0 N	1.0 E	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE
Period (s)	6	-	9	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island	Kaalualu Point HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Generals HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Makalawena HAW - Big Island	Makalawena HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Honokohau Harbour HAW - Big Island	Waiaha Rivermouth / Honls HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	2	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.5 SE	0.9 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.0 N	0.1 NW	0.5 SE	1.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.0 N	1.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	9	12	18	9	9	9	13	15
Energy(?)	120	161	168	50	172	250	181	655	664	220	4	63	305	198	238	8	18	220	606	198	61	88
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							8:27AM 0.25														10:36PM 0.62
Low Tide / height (m)				5:04AM 0.34	6:10AM 0.24								2:02PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	22	22	25	25	24	25	25	24	23	23	23	22	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	22	22	25	25	24	25	25	24	23	23	23	22	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.1 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.4 SW	0.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.9 NNE	1.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.0 N	1.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 SW	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	8	6	8	13	8	9	9	13	13	8	13	9	9	13	13	9	9	9	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	13	8	13	11	13	7	7	11	10	11	10	13	13	12	12	13	8	13	4	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	-	-	1.5 ENE	-	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	1.0 N	1.6 NNE	1.0 E	1.4 NNE	1.2 NNE	-	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	1.3 NE
Period (s)	6	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	9	9	6	9	6	-	9	9	-	-	6	-	9

Big Island Surf Breaks

Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay

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beach

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river

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sandbar

point

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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reef and point

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beach

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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

beach

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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