Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
033 FZHW51 PHFO 150113 CWFHI1 Generalized Statewide Coastal Waters Forecast for Hawaii National Weather Service Honolulu HI 313 PM HST Fri Nov 14 2025 .Synopsis for Hawaiian coastal waters... High pressure far northeast of the islands will gradually weaken and move southeast slowly over the weekend. This will continue to produce moderate to locally strong trade winds over the majority of the coastal waters through early Sunday. A surface trough could potentially form near the SE waters early next week and move NW over the rest of the waters, disrupting the trade winds and increasing the chance of thunderstorms. A cold front could approach the NW waters by Tuesday afternoon. $$ Hawaiian waters within 40 nautical miles including the channels- ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR KAIWI CHANNEL...MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS...MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS AND BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FOR MAALAEA BAY...THE PAILOLO AND ALENUIHAHA CHANNELS AND WATERS SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR WATERS AROUND KAUAI...KAUAI CHANNEL AND WATERS AROUND OAHU... .TONIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 7 to 10 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds and northeast 5 feet at 9 seconds. Numerous showers. .SATURDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds and northeast 5 feet at 9 seconds. Scattered showers. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds and northwest 3 feet at 15 seconds. Scattered showers. .SUNDAY...East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds and northwest 3 feet at 13 seconds. Scattered showers. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 25 to 30 knots Alenuihaha Channel... east 15 to 20 knots elsewhere. Seas 5 to 6 feet. Scattered showers. .MONDAY...East winds to 15 knots to Kauai...east 20 to 25 knots elsewhere. Seas 5 to 6 feet. Isolated showers. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds to 15 knots to Kauai...east 20 to 25 knots elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Isolated showers. .TUESDAY...East northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, rising to 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, building to 6 to 9 feet. Scattered showers. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 20 to 25 knots, rising to 25 to 30 knots. Seas 9 to 13 feet. Scattered showers. $$