Hawaii Surf Forecast: Northwest Swell Building to Advisory Levels, Best Waves Friday Through Weekend

About this episode

The episode provides a detailed surf forecast for Hawaii, highlighting the incoming northwest swell and expected surf conditions for the weekend.

Good afternoon, this is your surf zone forecast for Hawaii, issued Friday at three forty-four PM HST. An incoming northwesterly swell is building in and will bring rising surf to north and west facing shores overnight. We're looking at surf peaking near advisory levels before gradually easing through the weekend. Another slightly smaller northwest swell is expected early next week, with another long-period northwest swell potentially arriving late next week. If you're heading south, things are looking up too. South facing shores will trend upward over the weekend with the arrival of a long-period south-southwest swell. East facing shores, however, will trend downward as the trade winds weaken. Let's break it down by island, starting with Kauai. Tonight, expect north facing shores to reach seven to ten feet, climbing to eight to twelve feet by morning. West facing shores will see five to seven feet tonight, increasing to six to eight feet. South and east shores will stay mellow at two to four feet and four to six feet respectively. Saturday looks similar with north shores at eight to twelve feet in the morning, easing back to seven to ten feet in the afternoon. Tonight's low will…

Topics covered

• surf forecast
• Hawaii
• northwest swell
• surf conditions
• weather

Keywords

• Hawaii surf
• northwest swell
• surf forecast
• Kauai
• Oahu
• surf conditions
• weather

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Places: Hawaii, Kauai, Oahu

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