


High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
179 FZPS40 PHFO 121502 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1730 UTC SUN OCT 12 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT. THIS HIGH SEAS FORECAST USES 1-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS WHICH MAY BE HIGHER THAN 10-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS. SECURITE SOUTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 120W AND 160E SYNOPSIS VALID 1200 UTC OCT 12 2025. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC OCT 13 2025. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 1200 UTC OCT 14 2025. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .TROUGH 25S138W 13S160W 09S180W 05S160E MOVING SE 10 KT S OF 20S AND NEARLY STATIONARY ELSEWHERE. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 20S TO TROUGH BETWEEN 170E AND 175W. SCATTERED MODERATE TSTMS FROM 14S TO 09S W OF 165W. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS ELSEWHERE FROM 20S TO 14S BETWEEN 170W AND 163W... AND FROM TROUGH TO 04S W OF 170E. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S136W 12S160W 08S180W 07S170E 06S160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 18S TO 12S BETWEEN 175E AND 177W... AND FROM 22S TO 20S BETWEEN 175W AND 160W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S136W 15S150W 10S170W 08S180W 06S160E. WINDS 20 TO 25 KT FROM 15S TO 10S BETWEEN 170E AND 177W... AND FROM 20S TO 16S BETWEEN 172W AND 166W. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER ENTIRE OF FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M S OF LINE 25S143W 16S160W 11S180W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M S OF 22S BETWEEN 145W AND 137W... AND FROM 18S TO 13S BETWEEN 170E AND 173W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 3 M FROM 22 S TO 18S BETWEEN 170W AND 160W. .SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. $$ .FORECASTER SHIGESATO. HONOLULU HI.