Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
068 FZHW51 PHFO 270117 CWFHI1 Generalized Statewide Coastal Waters Forecast for Hawaii National Weather Service Honolulu HI 317 PM 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 brief increase to locally fresh speeds is expected Thursday night into Friday. An extra-large northwest swell is forecast to affect the waters Saturday into early next week. $$ Hawaiian waters within 40 nautical miles including the channels- .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 7 to 10 knots to Kauai...east southeast 15 to 20 knots elsewhere. Seas 6 to 9 feet. Wave Detail: North northwest 8 feet at 14 seconds and east southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. Hazy. Isolated showers. .THURSDAY...East southeast winds 7 to 10 knots to Kauai...east 15 to 20 knots elsewhere. Seas 6 to 9 feet. Wave Detail: North northwest 7 feet at 14 seconds and east southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. Hazy. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 7 to 10 feet. Wave Detail: North northwest 6 feet at 14 seconds and east southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds. Hazy. .FRIDAY...East southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet. Wave Detail: North northwest 6 feet at 13 seconds and east southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds. Hazy. Isolated showers. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds to 10 knots to Kauai...east southeast 15 to 20 knots elsewhere. Seas 6 to 9 feet. .SATURDAY...South winds to 10 knots to Kauai...east southeast 15 to 20 knots elsewhere. Seas 10 to 14 feet. Isolated showers. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots Alenuihaha Channel... east southeast 7 to 10 knots elsewhere. Seas 13 to 18 feet. Isolated showers. .SUNDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots Alenuihaha Channel...east southeast 15 to 20 knots elsewhere. Seas 12 to 16 feet, subsiding to 9 to 13 feet. Isolated showers through the night. Scattered showers through the day. .MONDAY...to Kauai, south winds to 10 knots. Elsewhere, east southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, rising to 15 to 20 knots. Seas 8 to 11 feet, subsiding to 6 to 9 feet. Isolated showers. $$