At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/988 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Papakōlea Beach, Hawaii
Beach in Hawaii County, Hawaii* WHAT...East-northeast winds to 25 kt, except north for Maalaea Bay. * WHERE...Maalaea Bay, Pailolo Channel, Alenuihaha Channel, Big Island Leeward Waters and Big Island Southeast Waters. * WHEN...Until 6 PM HST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in these conditions.
64°
75°/61°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 64°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Papakōlea Beach until 6 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Papakōlea Beach is 64° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 61° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 10, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 73° all week. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:50 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 43 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
90%Humidity
21%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
64feels64
17%
13mph
Today
Oct 16
7561
37%
18mph
UV 10
Sat
Oct 17
7260
19%
17mph
UV 9
Sun
Oct 18
7361
19mph
UV 10
Mon
Oct 19
7460
17mph
UV 10
Tue
Oct 20
7360
18mph
UV 9
Wed
Oct 21
7259
17mph
UV 9
Thu
Oct 22
7259
12mph
UV 8
64°
75°61°
72°60°
73°61°
74°60°
73°60°
72°59°
72°59°
As of 2:00 AM in Papakōlea Beach, Hawaii.
Air quality
The air at Papakōlea Beach
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Naalehu (HI), 10 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good22.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide3Good2 ppb15.4 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 135°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Big Island Windward and Southeast.
Surf zone forecast
Big Island Windward and Southeast. Issued 3:02 PM HST Thu Oct 15.
| Shore | Tonight | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 6-8 | 8-12 |
| East Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 4-6 | 4-6 |
| South Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 3-5 |
| Forecast | Tonight | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers | Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers |
| High temperature | - | In the lower 80s |
| Low temperature | In the lower 70s | - |
| Winds | Northeast winds around 10 mph | Northeast winds around 10 mph |
| Sunrise | - | 6:15 AM HST |
| Sunset | - | 5:57 PM HST |
| Tides | Hilo BayHigh 1.2 ft, 4:14 PMLow 0.3 ft, 11:01 PM | Hilo BayHigh 2.2 ft, 7:09 AM |
Beach
- County
- Hawaii County
- State
- Hawaii
- Latitude
- 18.9346° N
- Longitude
- 155.6462° W
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Papakōlea Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
measured daily2 instruments
Naalehu 4.7 WSWHI-HI-57
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/1,294 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NaalehuNAAH1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/993 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Hawaii
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Papakōlea Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Discovery Harbourcommunity, 7 mi
- Waiohinucommunity, 9 mi
- Naalehucommunity, 10 mi
- Hawaiian Ocean Viewcommunity, 14 mi
- Pahalacommunity, 22 mi
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Parkfeature, 29 mi
- Mauna Loafeature, 37 mi
- Honaunau-Napoopoocommunity, 39 mi
- Captain Cookcommunity, 42 mi
- Volcano Golf Coursecommunity, 43 mi
- Volcanotown, 44 mi
- Mauna Loa Estatescommunity, 44 mi
Beaches near Papakōlea Beach
- Mahana Beachunder 1 mi
- Waiʻahukini Beach4 mi
- Kamilo4 mi
- Kaʻilikiʻi Beach (historical)4 mi
- Pōhue Beach11 mi
- Kōloa Beach16 mi
- Punaluʻu Beach17 mi
- Keoneʻeleʻele17 mi