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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	Mon		Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Kapaniah HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island	Disappearing Sands HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Papaikou Mill HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island	Chocks HAW - Big Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.7 SE	1.6 WNW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 N	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 N
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	14	13	8	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	838	883	700	582	1032	634	817	780	225	582	626	413	525	526	650	652	762	516	327	253	248	300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:40AM 0.80	12:11PM 0.41		2:05AM 0.90	12:53PM 0.41		2:42AM 0.86	1:32PM 0.41		3:06AM 0.95	1:54PM 0.45		3:49AM 0.89		2:48PM 0.40	4:24AM 0.88		3:15PM 0.38	4:54AM 0.89		3:50PM 0.50
Low Tide / height (m)	5:56PM 0.13		8:44AM 0.35	6:59PM 0.11		8:53AM 0.29	7:03PM 0.07		9:28AM 0.27	7:46PM -0.06		10:04AM 0.35		8:21PM -0.07	10:37AM 0.24		8:56PM -0.07	11:13AM 0.23		9:13PM 0.05	12:10PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	26	27	24	26	26	24	26	26	24	27	27	24	26	26	23	25	25	24	25	25	23	24
Low °C	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23
Chill °C (?)	26	27	24	26	26	24	26	26	24	27	27	24	26	26	23	25	25	24	25	25	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.6 WNW	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 NNW	1.1 N	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 N
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	9	9	9	12	12	11	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.1 NW	1.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.5 NW	0.3 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	15	8	7	12	8	8	13	13	12	13	13	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	-	1.0 ESE	1.5 SE	-	1.7 SE	0.8 S	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	8	-	8	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island	Waipio Valley HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Waipio Valley HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Kapaniah HAW - Big Island	Honokane Bay HAW - Big Island	Honokane Bay HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island
Rating	4	4	4	0	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.5 N	0.6 SE	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	8	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9
Energy(?)	1177	1077	1113	66	1062	883	1045	730	620	608	556	690	611	1032	690	737	785	747	630	550	527	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	on	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:23AM 0.44				1:37AM 0.79				12:11PM 0.43					2:09AM 0.83			12:53PM 0.41
Low Tide / height (m)				6:24PM 0.13					8:13AM 0.32			6:24PM 0.11					8:53AM 0.29			7:01PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	26	26	25	24	24	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	24	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	26	26	25	24	24	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.5 N	0.6 SE	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.3 ESE	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	14	14	14	8	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	8	13	13	13	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 E	0.7 N	0.7 SE	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 N
Period (s)	13	12	12	8	16	8	8	13	12	12	6	6	6	8	8	14	18	14	8	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	1.5 SE	0.5 S	-	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	8	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	8	3	-	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Monday 15															Tuesday 16
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Big Island	Waimanu Bay HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Apua Point HAW - Big Island	Waipio Valley HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Waipio Valley HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Kapaniah HAW - Big Island	Honokane Bay HAW - Big Island	Honokane Bay HAW - Big Island	Blonde Reef HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Bay Front HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Kohala Lighthouse HAW - Big Island	Hakalau HAW - Big Island
Rating	4	4	4	0	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.6 SSE	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.4 N
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1008	1032	944	74	1050	897	972	952	838	851	1085	957	895	855	767	863	681	883	923	923	935	862
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)																		1:37AM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	23	24	24	25	26	26	26	25	25	25	26	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	23	24	24	25	26	26	26	25	25	25	26	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.6 SSE	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.4 N
Period (s)	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.4 E	0.9 NW	0.4 E	0.8 WNW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 SE
Period (s)	13	16	16	7	13	8	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	8	4	8	8	8	4	4	4	8	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	-

Big Island Surf Breaks

Anaehoomalu Bay_A-Bay

reef and point

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beach

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river

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sandbar

point

beach and reef

reef

river

beach and reef

reef

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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beach

reef and point

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beach

beach

reef

Old Kona Airport State Park

beach and reef

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beach and reef

beach

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beach

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point

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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