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GENERALIZED STATEWIDE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR HAWAII  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI  
321 PM HST TUE OCT 27 2026  
   
SYNOPSIS FOR HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS
 
 
A VIGOROUS SURFACE TROUGH AND POSSIBLE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL  
MOVE INTO MAUI COUNTY AND OAHU WATERS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS  
FEATURE WILL BRING HEAVY SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS  
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. THE TROUGH WILL  
WEAKEN AND DRIFT SOUTHWARD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE  
BUILDS FAR NORTH OF THE ISLANDS.  
 

 
 
HAWAIIAN WATERS WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING THE CHANNELS-  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR MAUI COUNTY AND OAHU WATERS TONIGHT  
AND WEDNESDAY...  
   
TONIGHT
 
OAHU AND KAUAI WATERS, EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25  
KNOTS, STRONGEST AROUND OAHU. MAUI COUNTY AND BIG ISLAND WATERS,  
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, STRONGEST MAUI COUNTY  
WATERS. SEAS 4 TO 9 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: NORTHWEST 5 FEET AT 12  
SECONDS, EAST SOUTHEAST 4 FEET AT 5 SECONDS, SOUTH SOUTHWEST 3  
FEET AT 15 SECONDS AND NORTH NORTHEAST 3 FEET AT 9 SECONDS.  
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.    
WEDNESDAY
 
OAHU AND KAUAI WATERS, EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25  
KNOTS, STRONGEST AROUND OAHU. MAUI COUNTY AND BIG ISLAND WATERS,  
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, STRONGEST MAUI COUNTY  
WATERS. SEAS 5 TO 10 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: EAST 5 FEET AT 6 SECONDS,  
NORTH NORTHEAST 4 FEET AT 10 SECONDS, NORTHWEST 4 FEET AT 12  
SECONDS AND SOUTH 3 FEET AT 14 SECONDS. OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS  
WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.   
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
EAST NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 KNOTS, EXCEPT SOUTH TO  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BIG ISLAND WATERS. SEAS 5 TO 8  
FEET. WAVE DETAIL: EAST NORTHEAST 4 FEET AT 6 SECONDS, NORTH  
NORTHEAST 4 FEET AT 11 SECONDS, SOUTH 4 FEET AT 16 SECONDS AND  
NORTHWEST 3 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS WITH  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.    
THURSDAY
 
EAST NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 KNOTS, EXCEPT SOUTH WINDS 10  
TO 15 KNOTS BIG ISLAND WATERS. SEAS 5 TO 8 FEET. WAVE DETAIL:  
EAST 4 FEET AT 6 SECONDS, NORTH NORTHEAST 4 FEET AT 10 SECONDS  
AND SOUTH 3 FEET AT 16 SECONDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS.    
THURSDAY NIGHT
 
EAST NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS, EXCEPT VARIABLE  
WINDS 10 KNOTS BIG ISLAND WATERS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET. SCATTERED  
SHOWERS.    
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5  
TO 7 FEET. SCATTERED SHOWERS.    
SUNDAY
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 7 TO 10 FEET.  
SCATTERED SHOWERS.  
 
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.  
 

 
 
 
 
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