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Kahuwai Beach, Hawaii

Beach in Hawaii County, Hawaii

Air quality

The air at Kahuwai Beach

Index 2, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Waikoloa (HI), 15 miles off.

2Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 13, good.

Kahuwai Beach from its sand, nowLooking NW from the sand at 7:07 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s, the tide rising at 1.2 ft.300310NW320330Facing NW 319°Moon 109° leftWind 5 mphfrom E, offshore
Looking NW from the sand at 7:07 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s, the tide rising at 1.2 ft.
NESW

Facing NW 319°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Big Island Leeward.

Surf zone forecast

Big Island Leeward. Issued 3:11 PM HST Fri Oct 16.

Surf height in feet, by the way the shore faces
ShoreTonightSaturday
AMPMAMPM
West Facing2-42-42-42-4
South Facing4-64-63-53-5
ForecastTonightSaturday
WeatherMostly sunny until 6 PM, then mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then mostly clear. Scattered showersSunny. Isolated showers
High temperature-In the mid 80s
Low temperatureAround 70-
WindsSouthwest winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast after midnightSouthwest winds around 5 mph
Sunrise-6:19 AM HST
Sunset-6:00 PM HST
TidesKonaLow 0.3 ft, 12:17 AMKawaihaeLow 0.6 ft, 4:02 PMHigh 0.7 ft, 7:01 PMLow 0.5 ft, 12:30 AMKonaHigh 1.7 ft, 9:13 AMKawaihaeHigh 2.0 ft, 9:00 AMLow 0.6 ft, 5:45 PM

Beach

County
Hawaii County
State
Hawaii
Latitude
19.8318° N
Longitude
155.9860° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Kahuwai Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

KaupulehuKPLH1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.8 mi away/1,139 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

KainaliuS2096

At a soil climate station/21.0 mi away/1,364 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Mauna Loa 5 NNE21514

At a climate reference station/34.2 mi away/11,179 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Kalaoa 2.5 ENEHI-HI-74

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/1,622 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Waimea - KamuelaWBRH1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/44 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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