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Stormsurf Mobile App Create Your Own Surf Forecast Swell Calculator Swell Decay Tables Sea Height Tables Swell Category Table Convert from GMT:   0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z 4Z 5Z 6Z 7Z 8Z 9Z 10Z 11Z 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z  to timezone: IDLE/NZST AEDT GST/AEST --> JST/AWDT CCT/AWST WAST/CXT --> MSD BT/MSK EET/CEST CET/SWT GMT/UTC WAT AT ADT AST/EDT EST/CDT CST/MDT MST/PDT PST/YDT YST/HADT AHST/HAST NT IDLW 7:00 ---

QuikCAST Surf Forecast - Hawaii 5 Day Surf Forecast Forecast Updated:   Monday, October 12, 2026 6:51 PM Surf Scale: 3 ft = waist high, 4 ft = chest high, 5 ft = head high, 10 ft =double overhead Swell Direction is direction swell is coming from. 90°=East, 180°=South, 270°=West, 360-0 = North Forecast does NOT account for enhancing bathymetry (i.e the 'reef effect') common at best breaks. For top spots with swell period 14 +secs, multiply surf size X 1.25-1.5 with peaks X 2 (or consider the stated size 'Hawaiian Scale'). Hawaiian North Shore Surf Forecast (Valid for the North and East Shores of Oahu) Day Trend Wind (kts) Details (Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile) Waves (Set wave max face height) Swell Direction Tuesday 10/13 Up some E 15 early Choi-Wan background swell building to 3.0 ft @ 14-15 secs 4.0 ft 325 degrees Wednesday 10/14 Down some E 10+ early Choi-Wan background swell fading from 3.1 ft @ 12-13 secs 3.5-4.0 ft 325 degrees Thursday 10/15 Down some E 15+ early Choi-Wan background swell fading from 2.7 ft @ 11-12 secs 3.0 ft 325 degrees Friday 10/16 Down some ENE 15+ early North windswell fading from 2.0 ft @ 10-11 secs 2.0 ft 330 degrees Saturday 10/17 Up slightly ENE 20 early North windswell 3.5 ft @ 11 secs 3.5 ft 345 degrees Extended Outlook Up some maybe --- Typhoon Choi-Wan tracked north off Japan to the West Aleutians Thurs (10/8) with 56 ft seas mostly aimed north-northeast. Background swell building some on Tues (10/13). And for the NPac a gale is forecast over the North Dateline Gulf Tue-Wed (10/14) with 18 ft seas aimed southeast at Hawaii. Additional fetch from that low to continue circulating into Fri (10/16) perhaps sending sideband swell into the Islands. --- --- Surf Height Animation: Northeast Pacific - Hawaii Wind Animations: Northeast Pacific - Hawaii - Hawaii hires Local Model: Surf - Wind Hawaiian South Shore Surf Forecast (Centered on the South Shore of Oahu) Day Trend Wind (kts) Details (Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile) Waves (Set wave max face height) Swell Direction Tuesday 10/13 Down some ENE 15 New Zealand swell fading from 1.7 ft @ 13-14 secs early 2.0-2.5 ft 185 degrees Wednesday 10/14 Down some ENE 10 New Zealand swell fading from 1.9 ft @ 12-13 secs early 2.0-2.5 ft 185 degrees Thursday 10/15 Up some ENE 15+ Central SPac swell building to 1.3 ft @ 18 secs later 2.0-2.5 ft 190 degrees Friday 10/16 Holding ENE 15+ Central SPac swell 1.3 ft @ 17 secs early 2.0-2.5 ft 185 degrees Saturday 10/17 Down some ENE 15 Central SPac swell fading from 1.3 ft @ 14-15 secs early 1.5-2.0 ft 185 degrees Extended Outlook Down --- A gale developed well southeast of New Zealand Sun-Mon (10/5) with 33 ft seas aimed northeast. Swell fading on Tues (10/13). Another gale developed over the deep Central SPac Thurs-Fri (10/9) with 30-31 ft seas aimed northeast. Swell arrival on Thurs (10/15). After that things are to quiet down. --- --- 30873

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