Hawaii Surf Forecast Thursday April 23 Head High Waves North Shores New Swells Arriving Friday

About this episode

The episode provides a detailed surf forecast for Hawaii, focusing on wave conditions and upcoming swells.

Good morning, this is your Hawaii Surf Zone Forecast for Thursday, April 23rd, 2026. We're tracking a transitional pattern across the islands as we head into the weekend. A small northwest swell that peaked yesterday is gradually leveling out, but don't worry—a couple of North Pacific gales are sending a series of new north to northwest swells our way starting Friday night through the first half of next week. These incoming swells should maintain waist to head high surf along north-facing shores into early next week. Now, here's the good news for our east-facing beaches. That north-northeast swell that brought advisory-level conditions yesterday afternoon has finally run its course. We're canceling the High Surf Advisory for east-facing shores as that swell has fallen below advisory thresholds. However, moderate to fresh trades will continue to support near seasonal average wind wave surf along these exposures. For today across Kauai, expect five to seven foot waves along the north and east-facing shores this morning, dropping to four to six feet by afternoon. The west and south shores stay mellow at two to four and one to three feet respectively. Oahu follows a similar pattern…

Topics covered

• surf forecast
• Hawaii
• waves
• weather patterns
• surf conditions
• north shore

Keywords

• Hawaii surf
• wave forecast
• north shore
• surf conditions
• April 23 2026
• high waves
• north-northwest swells

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Places: Hawaii, Kauai, Oahu, Maui

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