Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
697 FZHW51 PHFO 261309 CWFHI1 Generalized Statewide Coastal Waters Forecast for Hawaii National Weather Service Honolulu HI 309 AM HST Wed Nov 26 2025 .Synopsis for Hawaiian coastal waters... Surface ridging just north of the area will help maintain light to moderate east southeast flow over the next several days. A moderate to large northwest swell will bring elevated seas to exposed waters through Friday. An extra-large northwest swell is forecast to affect the waters Saturday into early next week. $$ Hawaiian waters within 40 nautical miles including the channels- .TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 6 feet at 16 seconds and east southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. Hazy. Isolated showers. .TONIGHT...East southeast winds 7 to 10 knots to Kauai...east southeast 15 to 20 knots elsewhere. Seas 6 to 9 feet. Wave Detail: North northwest 8 feet at 14 seconds and east southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. Hazy. Isolated showers. .THURSDAY...East winds 7 to 10 knots to Kauai...east 15 to 20 knots elsewhere. Seas 6 to 9 feet. Wave Detail: North northwest 7 feet at 14 seconds and east southeast 4 feet at 6 seconds. Hazy. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots to Kauai...east 20 to 25 knots elsewhere. Seas 7 to 10 feet. Wave Detail: North northwest 6 feet at 14 seconds and east southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds. Hazy. Isolated showers. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots to Kauai...east southeast 20 to 25 knots elsewhere. Seas 6 to 9 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South southeast winds 10 to 15 knots to Kauai... east southeast 20 to 25 knots elsewhere. Seas 6 to 9 feet. .SATURDAY...to Kauai, south southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming variable less than 10 knots. Elsewhere, east southeast winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming east 10 to 15 knots. Seas 10 to 14 feet, building to 13 to 18 feet. Isolated showers. .SUNDAY...to Kauai, east southeast winds 7 to 10 knots, veering to southeast 10 to 15 knots. Elsewhere, east winds 15 to 20 knots, easing to 10 to 15 knots. Seas 12 to 16 feet, subsiding to 9 to 13 feet. Isolated showers through the night. Scattered showers through the day. $$