Wave/Buoy Data Around the Hawaiian Islands
Significant Wave Height @ Period Swell height @ Period Wind Wave Height @ Period Mean wave direction Wave steepness
3.9 ft @ 7.5 sec
3.9 ft @ 16.0 sec
0.7 ft@ 3.8 sec
S (174°T)
Swell
2.6 ft @ 4.0 sec
0.7 ft @ 10.5 sec
2.6 ft@ 7.7 sec
NE (40°T)
n/a
3.3 ft @ 5.3 sec
1.3 ft @ 15.4 sec
3.3 ft@ 7.7 sec
ENE (75°T)
Average
4.3 ft @ 6.3 sec
3.9 ft @ 14.8 sec
1.6 ft@ 4.8 sec
SSE (151°T)
Swell
3.9 ft @ 5.7 sec
3 ft @ 13.8 sec
2.6 ft@ 6.7 sec
SE (134°T)
Swell
| ID | Name | Time HST |
Seas (WVHT) ft |
Period (APD) sec |
Swell (SWH) ft |
Period (SWP) sec |
WindWave (WWH) ft |
Period (WWP) sec |
MeanWind (MWD) °T |
Steep- ness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51001 | 170 NM WNW of Kauai | 1910 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 3.9 | 16.0 | 0.7 | 3.8 | S |
Swell |
| 51201 | Waimea Bay, HI | 1926 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 10.5 | 2.6 | 7.7 | NE |
n/a |
| 51202 | Mokapu Point, HI | 1926 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 15.4 | 3.3 | 7.7 | ENE |
Average |
| 51203 | Kaumalapau, HI | No recent reports. | ||||||||
| 51003 | 205 NM SW of Honolulu | No recent reports. | ||||||||
| 51002 | 215 NM SSW of Hilo | 1910 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 14.8 | 1.6 | 4.8 | SSE |
Swell |
| 51004 | 185 NM SE of Hilo | 1910 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 3 | 13.8 | 2.6 | 6.7 | SE |
Swell |
| Data from NOAA National Data Buoy Center Script by Saratoga-Weather.org | ||||||||||









