Hawaii Surf Reports

Surf Outlook:   Surf from the northwest will remain active on our north and west shores Wednesday…lowering in size, then rising again Thursday. The east sides will be rough and choppy with relatively large surf breaking, while the south shores will be gradually dropping back into the small to very small category.

North shores – The swell activity will continue, although becoming smaller Wednesday…with the next northwest rising Thursday. This swell will then lower Friday. followed by another somewhat larger northwest swell Saturday.

West shores – Winter swells will keep smaller waves breaking along these beaches Wednesday…and then rising again during the day Thursday, down Friday…up again this weekend. 

South shores –  Surf will be small to very small on these leeward shores.

East shores –  Generally medium waves on these windward sides, choppy and rough.

Note: Wave face readings are approximately twice the surf forecast numbers indicated in the tables above.

Buoy 1
Buoy 2
Buoy 3
Buoy 4
Equatorial buoy
Waimea Buoy
Mokapu buoy
Lanai buoy

Pat Caldwell – NWS

Island swell shadow lines for Kauai
Island swell shadow lines for Oahu
Island swell shadow lines for Maui
Island swell shadow lines for Big Island

NCEP Wave Model - animated

Oceanweather wave model
Lajolla Swell Model – animated
Stormsurf wave Model – animated

2012 Hawaiian Tide Information

I want to thank all of the Hawaii Weather Today surf report team for all those years of reporting on the TV weather show…which is now finished: Ole Olson on Kauai; Kaleo Ohina, Ian Masterson and Kyle Stanford on Oahu; Steven Mark, Mike Napier, Ken Potts and Ron Busby on Maui…and finally David Hume on the Big Island. Thanks to Mr. Pat Caldwell on Oahu for his continuing surf forecast skills. ~~~ Steven Mark and Mike Napier, both continue to send me daily surf reports for Hookipa Beach Park on Maui, and the Kihei area on the south coast.