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GENERALIZED STATEWIDE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR HAWAII
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
335 AM HST SAT AUG 22 2026
SYNOPSIS FOR HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS
TRADE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN IN RESPONSE TO TROPICAL
STORM MOKE PASSING SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS THIS WEEKEND. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY (SCA) HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE COASTAL WATERS. THE SCA HAS BEEN
EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL NEARSHORE WATERS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONGER WINDS AND MOKE GENERATED WIND WAVE
SWELL MAY PUSH SIGNIFICANT SEAS TO NEAR 10 FEET WITHIN BIG
ISLAND'S EASTERN WATERS THIS WEEKEND.
HAWAIIAN WATERS WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING THE CHANNELS-
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
TODAY
EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 8 FEET. WAVE
DETAIL: EAST 6 FEET AT 7 SECONDS, SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 11 SECONDS
AND WEST NORTHWEST 3 FEET AT 16 SECONDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TONIGHT
AROUND KAUAI, EAST WINDS TO 20 KNOTS. ELSEWHERE, EAST
NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO 9 FEET, UP TO 10 FEET
SOUTH OF BIG ISLAND. WAVE DETAIL: EAST 7 FEET AT 8 SECONDS,
SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 11 SECONDS AND WEST NORTHWEST 3 FEET AT 15
SECONDS. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS.
SUNDAY
EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS. SEAS 7 TO 9 FEET,
HIGHER SOUTH OF BIG ISLAND AND ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL. WAVE DETAIL:
EAST 9 FEET AT 8 SECONDS AND SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 11 SECONDS.
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS.
SUNDAY NIGHT
EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO
8 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: EAST 8 FEET AT 8 SECONDS AND SOUTHEAST
3 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT
EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO 8
FEET. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUESDAY
EAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS, BECOMING EAST NORTHEAST
15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO 8 FEET. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
WEDNESDAY
EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO
8 FEET, SUBSIDING TO AROUND 6 FEET. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
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