Wave/Buoy Data Around the Hawaiian Islands
Buoy: 51201 @ 0025 HST
Seas: 7.2 ft @ 8.6 sec
Swell: 5.2 ft @ 13.3 sec
WDWV: 4.9 ft @ 9.1 sec
Waves from NNW (342°T)
Steepness: Swell
Buoy: 51202 @ 0010 HST
Seas: 6.2 ft @ 8.2 sec
Swell: 3.6 ft @ 12.5 sec
WDWV: 4.9 ft @ 9.9 sec
Waves from N (352°T)
Steepness: Average
Buoy: 51203 @ 0013 HST
Seas: 3.9 ft @ 5.6 sec
Swell: 2.3 ft @ 10.5 sec
WDWV: 3.6 ft @ 9.9 sec
Waves from WNW (289°T)
Steepness: Average
Buoy: 51003 @ 0000 HST
Seas: 5.9 ft @ 8.2 sec
Swell: 5.6 ft @ 12.9 sec
WDWV: 1.3 ft @ 3.0 sec
Steepness: 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 | No recent reports. | ||||||||
| 51201 | Waimea Bay, HI | 0025 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 13.3 | 4.9 | 9.1 | NNW |
Swell |
| 51202 | Mokapu Point, HI | 0010 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 3.6 | 12.5 | 4.9 | 9.9 | N |
Average |
| 51203 | Kaumalapau, HI | 0013 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 10.5 | 3.6 | 9.9 | WNW |
Average |
| 51003 | 205 NM SW of Honolulu | 0000 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 5.6 | 12.9 | 1.3 | 3.0 | n/a | Swell |
| 51002 | 215 NM SSW of Hilo | No recent reports. | ||||||||
| 51004 | 185 NM SE of Hilo | No recent reports. | ||||||||
| Data from NOAA National Data Buoy Center | ||||||||||







