What are the current surf conditions at Coast Guard?

Coast Guard currently has varying wave conditions. Check the live forecast above for real-time wave heights, wind conditions, and tide information updated every 6 hours.

What's the best time to surf Coast Guard?

The best time to surf Coast Guard is typically when swell comes from the NW direction. Check the tide charts and wind forecasts above for optimal surfing conditions.

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Name: Coast Guard
Address: Hawaii, United States

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🌬️ WIND

4
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🌊 SWELL

0.9
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SWELL
HEIGHT

0.9ft

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SWELL
PERIOD

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WIND GUSTS

3kt

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AIR TEMP

23°C

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SECONDARY
SWELL

0.5ft @
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0mm

SURF QUALITY

Fair conditions - still worth a paddle. Tiny waves under 1ft with quality 9s ground swell with glassy conditions Note: winds from SE would be better.

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Sunday

Apr 5

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.6-1.0ft 💨 1-9kt 🌡️ 22-24°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	POOR	0.7ft	11s	SSW	9kt	ENE	7kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	11s	SSW	6kt	ENE	5kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	11s	SSW	4kt	ENE	4kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	10s	S	3kt	NNE	3kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	0.9ft	10s	SE	2kt	NW	3kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1ft	9s	ESE	1kt	W	3kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	1ft	9s	ESE	1kt	NW	2kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
7:00 AM	POOR	0.9ft	9s	ESE	1kt	N	2kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	9s	ESE	1kt	NE	1kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	9s	ESE	2kt	N	2kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	9s	ESE	4kt	NW	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
11:00 AM	POOR	0.9ft	9s	ESE	5kt	W	4kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	0.8ft	12s	SSE	5kt	W	5kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	14s	S	5kt	W	5kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.6ft	17s	SSW	6kt	W	6kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	17s	SSW	4kt	WNW	5kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	17s	SSW	3kt	NW	4kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	17s	SSW	2kt	NW	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	17s	SSW	3kt	WNW	4kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	16s	SSW	4kt	WSW	5kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	16s	SSW	5kt	SSW	6kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	15s	S	4kt	SSW	5kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	13s	SSE	4kt	SW	5kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	12s	SE	4kt	SW	5kt	23°C	25°C	0mm

Monday

Apr 6

FAIRCheck individual hours

🌊 0.7-1.4ft 💨 1-9kt 🌡️ 23-24°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	11s	SE	3kt	WSW	4kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	1.1ft	11s	SE	3kt	W	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	11s	SE	2kt	WNW	2kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	1.2ft	11s	SE	2kt	NW	2kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	1.2ft	11s	SE	1kt	NNW	2kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1.1ft	11s	SE	1kt	N	2kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	1ft	12s	SSE	1kt	NE	2kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
7:00 AM	POOR	0.9ft	14s	S	2kt	E	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	16s	SW	3kt	SE	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	16s	SSW	3kt	S	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	16s	SSW	3kt	WSW	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	16s	SSW	3kt	NW	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
12:00 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	16s	SSW	4kt	WNW	4kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	16s	SSW	5kt	W	5kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.9ft	16s	SSW	5kt	WSW	6kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	1ft	15s	S	7kt	WSW	7kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	1.2ft	13s	SSE	8kt	WSW	8kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	1.4ft	11s	ESE	9kt	WSW	8kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	1.3ft	11s	ESE	8kt	WSW	7kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	11s	ESE	6kt	WSW	5kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	11s	ESE	4kt	WSW	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
9:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	11s	ESE	4kt	WSW	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	1.2ft	11s	ESE	3kt	WSW	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	1.2ft	11s	SE	2kt	WSW	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm

Tuesday

Apr 7

FAIR8 good hours

🌊 1.2-2.4ft 💨 1-8kt 🌡️ 23-24°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	1.2ft	11s	SE	2kt	W	2kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	11s	SE	1kt	WNW	1kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	11s	SE	1kt	NW	1kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	12s	SSE	2kt	N	2kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	14s	S	3kt	NNE	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1.2ft	16s	SSW	4kt	ENE	5kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	1.2ft	16s	SSW	4kt	E	4kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
7:00 AM	POOR	1.2ft	16s	SSW	3kt	E	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	1.2ft	16s	SSW	2kt	ESE	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	1.3ft	14s	S	2kt	SSE	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	1.4ft	12s	SSE	2kt	SSW	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	1.4ft	10s	SE	2kt	SW	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
12:00 PM	FAIR	1.4ft	10s	SE	4kt	SW	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 PM	FAIR	1.4ft	10s	SE	6kt	WSW	5kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 PM	FAIR	1.4ft	11s	SE	8kt	WSW	7kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	1.7ft	9s	ESE	6kt	WSW	6kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
4:00 PM	GOOD	2.1ft	8s	E	5kt	WSW	4kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
5:00 PM	GOOD	2.4ft	6s	ENE	3kt	WSW	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
6:00 PM	GOOD	2.4ft	6s	ENE	2kt	W	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
7:00 PM	GOOD	2.3ft	6s	ENE	1kt	W	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
8:00 PM	GOOD	2.3ft	7s	ENE	1kt	WNW	1kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
9:00 PM	GOOD	2.3ft	8s	E	1kt	W	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
10:00 PM	GOOD	2.4ft	10s	ESE	1kt	W	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
11:00 PM	GOOD	2.4ft	12s	SE	2kt	W	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm

Wednesday

Apr 8

GOOD15 good hours

🌊 1.8-2.3ft 💨 1-9kt 🌡️ 24-25°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	GOOD	2.3ft	10s	ESE	2kt	W	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 AM	GOOD	2.2ft	8s	E	1kt	W	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 AM	GOOD	2.1ft	7s	NE	1kt	WNW	1kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 AM	GOOD	2.1ft	7s	NE	2kt	NNW	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
4:00 AM	GOOD	2.1ft	7s	NE	2kt	NNE	2kt	24°C	25°C	0.1mm
5:00 AM	GOOD	2ft	7s	NE	2kt	ENE	2kt	24°C	25°C	0.1mm
6:00 AM	GOOD	2ft	7s	NE	2kt	NE	2kt	24°C	25°C	0.1mm
7:00 AM	GOOD	2ft	7s	NE	2kt	NE	2kt	24°C	25°C	0.1mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	2ft	7s	NE	1kt	NE	1kt	24°C	25°C	0.2mm
9:00 AM	GOOD	2ft	8s	E	1kt	NNE	2kt	24°C	25°C	0.1mm
10:00 AM	GOOD	2.1ft	10s	ESE	2kt	N	2kt	24°C	25°C	0.1mm
11:00 AM	GOOD	2.2ft	12s	SE	2kt	NNW	2kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
12:00 PM	GOOD	2.1ft	12s	SE	3kt	NNW	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 PM	GOOD	2.1ft	12s	SE	5kt	NNW	5kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 PM	GOOD	2.1ft	12s	SE	6kt	NW	6kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 PM	GOOD	2.1ft	11s	SE	7kt	NNW	8kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	2.1ft	11s	SE	8kt	NNW	9kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
5:00 PM	FAIR	2.1ft	11s	SE	9kt	NNW	11kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	2ft	11s	SSE	9kt	N	10kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	1.9ft	11s	S	8kt	NNE	9kt	25°C	25°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	1.8ft	11s	SSW	7kt	NE	7kt	25°C	25°C	0mm
9:00 PM	POOR	1.9ft	11s	S	6kt	N	6kt	25°C	25°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	1.9ft	11s	SSE	4kt	WNW	5kt	25°C	25°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	2ft	11s	SE	2kt	WSW	4kt	25°C	25°C	0mm

Thursday

Apr 9

GOOD1 excellent hours

🌊 1.7-3.3ft 💨 2-13kt 🌡️ 23-25°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	GOOD	2.1ft	11s	SE	2kt	SW	4kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 AM	GOOD	2.1ft	11s	SE	3kt	SSW	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 AM	GOOD	2.2ft	11s	SE	3kt	S	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 AM	EXCELLENT	2.3ft	11s	SE	4kt	SE	4kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
4:00 AM	GOOD	2.3ft	11s	SE	4kt	E	4kt	25°C	25°C	0.1mm
5:00 AM	GOOD	2.3ft	11s	SE	5kt	NE	5kt	25°C	25°C	0.1mm
6:00 AM	GOOD	2.3ft	9s	SE	4kt	NE	4kt	25°C	25°C	0.1mm
7:00 AM	GOOD	2.3ft	8s	SE	3kt	ENE	4kt	24°C	25°C	0.1mm
8:00 AM	GOOD	2.3ft	6s	SE	2kt	ENE	3kt	24°C	25°C	0.1mm
9:00 AM	GOOD	2.3ft	6s	SE	3kt	NE	4kt	24°C	25°C	0.3mm
10:00 AM	GOOD	2.2ft	6s	SE	4kt	NNE	6kt	23°C	25°C	0.5mm
11:00 AM	GOOD	2.2ft	6s	SE	5kt	N	7kt	23°C	25°C	0.7mm
12:00 PM	FAIR	2.2ft	6s	SE	7kt	N	9kt	23°C	25°C	0.6mm
1:00 PM	POOR	2.2ft	6s	SE	10kt	N	11kt	23°C	25°C	0.5mm
2:00 PM	POOR	2.3ft	6s	SE	13kt	N	13kt	23°C	25°C	0.5mm
3:00 PM	POOR	2.1ft	6s	SSE	12kt	N	12kt	23°C	25°C	0.3mm
4:00 PM	POOR	2ft	6s	S	10kt	N	10kt	23°C	25°C	0.2mm
5:00 PM	POOR	1.8ft	6s	SSW	9kt	N	8kt	23°C	25°C	0.1mm
6:00 PM	POOR	1.8ft	9s	SSW	7kt	NW	7kt	23°C	25°C	0.1mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	1.7ft	11s	SSW	5kt	W	5kt	23°C	25°C	0.1mm
8:00 PM	FAIR	1.7ft	14s	SSW	2kt	SW	3kt	23°C	25°C	0.1mm
9:00 PM	GOOD	2.2ft	13s	S	4kt	WSW	4kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
10:00 PM	GOOD	2.8ft	11s	SSE	5kt	WSW	5kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
11:00 PM	GOOD	3.3ft	10s	SE	6kt	WSW	6kt	23°C	25°C	0mm

Friday

Apr 10

GOOD18 good hours

🌊 2.0-3.3ft 💨 3-12kt 🌡️ 21-24°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	GOOD	3.3ft	10s	SE	5kt	WSW	5kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 AM	GOOD	3.2ft	10s	SE	4kt	WSW	4kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 AM	GOOD	3.2ft	10s	SE	3kt	WSW	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 AM	GOOD	3.1ft	10s	SE	3kt	SSW	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
4:00 AM	GOOD	3ft	10s	SE	4kt	SSE	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
5:00 AM	GOOD	2.9ft	10s	SE	4kt	ESE	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
6:00 AM	GOOD	2.8ft	10s	SE	4kt	E	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
7:00 AM	GOOD	2.8ft	10s	SE	3kt	NE	3kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
8:00 AM	GOOD	2.7ft	10s	SE	3kt	NNE	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
9:00 AM	GOOD	2.7ft	10s	SE	3kt	N	3kt	24°C	25°C	0mm
10:00 AM	GOOD	2.7ft	10s	SE	3kt	NW	3kt	24°C	25°C	0.1mm
11:00 AM	GOOD	2.7ft	10s	SE	3kt	WNW	3kt	23°C	25°C	0.1mm
12:00 PM	GOOD	2.6ft	10s	SE	4kt	WNW	3kt	23°C	26°C	0.1mm
1:00 PM	GOOD	2.6ft	10s	SE	5kt	WNW	4kt	23°C	26°C	0.2mm
2:00 PM	GOOD	2.6ft	10s	SE	5kt	WNW	5kt	22°C	25°C	0.3mm
3:00 PM	GOOD	2.5ft	9s	SE	5kt	WSW	5kt	22°C	25°C	0.6mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	2.4ft	8s	SE	5kt	S	6kt	22°C	25°C	1mm
5:00 PM	GOOD	2.4ft	7s	SE	5kt	SE	6kt	21°C	25°C	1.4mm
6:00 PM	GOOD	2.3ft	8s	SE	7kt	SSE	9kt	22°C	25°C	1.4mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	2.2ft	9s	SE	10kt	S	11kt	22°C	25°C	1.4mm
8:00 PM	POOR	2.1ft	10s	SE	12kt	SW	14kt	23°C	25°C	1.4mm
9:00 PM	POOR	2.1ft	10s	SE	11kt	SSW	13kt	23°C	25°C	1.4mm
10:00 PM	POOR	2.1ft	10s	SE	11kt	SSW	12kt	23°C	25°C	1.5mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	2ft	10s	SE	10kt	SSW	11kt	23°C	25°C	1.5mm

Saturday

Apr 11

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 1.6-2.3ft 💨 4-14kt 🌡️ 23-25°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	2.1ft	9s	SE	8kt	S	9kt	23°C	25°C	1.4mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	2.2ft	7s	SE	6kt	S	8kt	24°C	25°C	1.3mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	2.3ft	6s	SE	4kt	SSE	6kt	24°C	25°C	1.2mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	2.2ft	7s	SE	6kt	S	8kt	24°C	25°C	1mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	2ft	9s	SE	8kt	S	9kt	24°C	25°C	0.8mm
5:00 AM	POOR	1.9ft	10s	SE	10kt	SSW	11kt	24°C	25°C	0.6mm
6:00 AM	POOR	1.9ft	10s	SE	11kt	SSW	12kt	23°C	25°C	0.8mm
7:00 AM	POOR	1.9ft	10s	SE	12kt	SW	13kt	23°C	25°C	1mm
8:00 AM	POOR	1.8ft	10s	SE	13kt	SW	14kt	23°C	25°C	1.2mm
9:00 AM	POOR	1.8ft	10s	SE	13kt	SSW	13kt	23°C	25°C	2.4mm
10:00 AM	POOR	1.8ft	10s	SE	13kt	SSE	13kt	23°C	25°C	3.7mm
11:00 AM	POOR	1.7ft	10s	SE	14kt	SE	13kt	23°C	25°C	4.9mm
12:00 PM	POOR	1.7ft	10s	SE	13kt	SSE	13kt	23°C	25°C	4.1mm
1:00 PM	POOR	1.7ft	10s	SE	12kt	SSW	14kt	24°C	25°C	3.3mm
2:00 PM	POOR	1.7ft	10s	SE	11kt	SW	14kt	24°C	25°C	2.5mm
3:00 PM	POOR	1.7ft	10s	SE	12kt	SW	15kt	24°C	25°C	1.7mm
4:00 PM	POOR	1.7ft	10s	SE	12kt	SW	16kt	24°C	25°C	1mm
5:00 PM	POOR	1.6ft	10s	SE	13kt	SW	18kt	24°C	25°C	0.3mm
6:00 PM	POOR	1.6ft	10s	SE	12kt	SSW	16kt	24°C	25°C	0.3mm
7:00 PM	POOR	1.6ft	10s	SE	11kt	SSW	14kt	24°C	25°C	0.3mm
8:00 PM	POOR	1.6ft	10s	SE	10kt	SSW	12kt	24°C	25°C	0.3mm
9:00 PM	POOR	1.7ft	9s	SSE	8kt	SW	10kt	25°C	25°C	0.3mm
10:00 PM	POOR	1.8ft	7s	SSE	6kt	SW	7kt	25°C	25°C	0.4mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	1.9ft	6s	SSE	4kt	WSW	5kt	25°C	25°C	0.4mm

Forecast Summary

Best Day:Check forecast for optimal conditions

Average Swell:0.9ft @ 13s

Wind Conditions:1-9kt ENE

Water Temperature:25°C

Local Knowledge & Surf Guide

Local Knowledge

Coast Guard in Big Island is an exposed reef break known for its inconsistent but occasionally worthwhile surf. The break works best in winter, especially when a north-northwest swell lines up with offshore winds from the southeast, offering clean, surfable waves. Though not a high-traffic spot, it provides a quiet session for those willing to wait for the right conditions. Hazards include sharp rocks, strong rips, and urchins. January typically offers the best chance for scoring clean, rideable waves at Coast Guard.

Best Swell Direction: NW

Bottom Type: Reef

Location: County: Hawaiʻi County | State: Hawaii | Country: United States | Road: Coast Guard Road | Full Address: Coast Guard Road, Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii, United States

Ideal Conditions

This spot performs best under these specific conditions. Forecasts take these into account when rating surf quality.

Ideal Swell DirectionNNW

Ideal Wind DirectionSE

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