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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	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Kua Bay HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Banyans HAW - Big Island	Mahai'ula Bay HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Kapaniah HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Honokane Bay HAW - Big Island
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	1	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.0 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 NW	0.6 N	0.7 ESE	0.9 NNW	1.7 NNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	16	15	14	13	17	16	15	14	14	18	16	15	13	12	11	12	10	9	13	16
Energy(?)	866	543	1181	1456	1144	323	273	978	1070	1447	635	1198	1144	1376	361	626	184	281	130	171	432	1461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:28AM 0.47		12:25AM 0.86	10:18AM 0.44		1:17AM 0.86	12:13PM 0.34		2:01AM 0.91	1:15PM 0.38		2:43AM 0.98	1:48PM 0.51	2:08PM 0.43	3:08AM 1.04		2:33PM 0.55	3:52AM 0.92		3:38PM 0.52	4:50AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)		4:24PM 0.13		8:00AM 0.42	5:14PM 0.08		8:24AM 0.23	6:26PM -0.11		9:20AM 0.26	7:09PM 0.01		9:18AM 0.29			9:49AM 0.26		8:52PM -0.15	10:22AM 0.08		10:07PM 0.04	11:40AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	26	24	25	25	23	24	24	24	25	25	23	24	24	23	24	23	23	25	27	24	25
Low °C	24	25	23	24	24	22	23	24	23	24	25	22	23	24	22	23	23	22	22	25	23	23
Chill °C (?)	25	26	24	25	25	23	24	24	24	25	25	23	24	24	23	24	23	23	25	27	24	25
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 N	1.0 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.0 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 N	0.7 ESE	0.9 NNW	1.7 NNW
Period (s)	12	14	16	15	14	13	17	16	15	14	14	18	16	15	13	12	13	12	10	9	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.8 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 E	0.5 N	0.8 ESE	0.5 W
Period (s)	15	8	8	10	9	8	11	11	8	8	9	8	14	4	8	8	11	10	8	9	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.5 WSW	1.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	7	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	5	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island	Halape HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Tombstones HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	16	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	15	16
Energy(?)	242	234	866	1051	1260	604	822	972	1046	1185	1019	733	1215	508	702	664	532	248	190	135	439	1323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)								12:25AM 0.78			10:08AM 0.35					1:11AM 0.98				12:13PM 0.34
Low Tide / height (m)		6:29AM 0.44			4:05PM 0.13						9:05AM 0.35			5:24PM -0.07					8:24AM 0.23			6:45PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	24	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	24	24	24	23	24	23	23	22	25	25	24	23
Chill °C (?)	23	24	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	24	24	24	23	24	23	23	22	25	25	24	23
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 N	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.9 ESE	1.6 NW
Period (s)	8	8	12	15	14	14	15	16	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 NE	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.9 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	5	8	-	-	8	-	-	2	8	-	-

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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	Halape HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Tombstones HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Kahuku Ranch HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.6 NW	0.8 NNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	12	15
Energy(?)	240	320	212	212	466	200	200	252	252	433	546	621	1157	478	1260	1237	1373	604	649	604	219	384
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)							8:30AM 0.37
Low Tide / height (m)															4:05PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.6 NW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	16	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.7 N	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 NE	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 S	0.7 NW
Period (s)	8	16	7	7	10	7	7	16	16	6	6	6	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 NE	1.1 ESE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	8	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	8	6	-	-	-	8	6

Big Island Surf Breaks

Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay

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beach and reef

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James Kealoha Beach Park

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beach and reef

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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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