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GENERALIZED STATEWIDE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR HAWAII
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
347 PM HST THU DEC 11 2025
SYNOPSIS FOR HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS
A WEAK COLD FRONT IS SLOWLY PROGRESSING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL WATERS AROUND MAUI THIS AFTERNOON, WHERE IT IS EXPECTED
TO STALL THIS EVENING AND DISSIPATE BY FRIDAY. GENTLE TO MODERATE
NORTHERLIES ARE FILTERING IN BEHIND THE FRONT WITH LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WINDS DOWNSTREAM. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH AND
POSSIBLY ENTER THE NORTHWESTERN COASTAL WATERS AROUND KAUAI LATE
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY, WHERE IT WILL THEN STALL. LIGHT
SOUTHEASTERLIES WILL VEER MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND STRENGTHEN ON
SATURDAY AS THE FRONT APPROACHES, BECOMING MORE WESTERLY BEHIND
THE FRONT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS FRONTAL
BOUNDARY. THE PROXIMITY OF THIS FEATURE WILL ALSO MAINTAIN A
SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD.
HAWAIIAN WATERS WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING THE CHANNELS-
TONIGHT
NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 8 FEET.
WAVE DETAIL: NORTH NORTHWEST 6 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
FRIDAY
EAST WINDS 7 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET. WAVE
DETAIL: NORTH NORTHWEST 5 FEET AT 11 SECONDS. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
FRIDAY NIGHT
SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO
7 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 5 FEET AT 10 SECONDS. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
SATURDAY
SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 KNOTS ALENUIHAHA
CHANNEL...SOUTH SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS ELSEWHERE. SEAS 5 TO
7 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 5 FEET AT 10 SECONDS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
SATURDAY NIGHT
SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO
7 FEET. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
SUNDAY...WINDS VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS TO KAUAI
SOUTH
10 TO 15 KNOTS ELSEWHERE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FEET. OCCASIONAL HEAVY
SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
SUNDAY NIGHT
SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 7 TO
10 FEET. OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
MONDAY
ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL, SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO
20 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 KNOTS. ELSEWHERE, SOUTH
WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO 9 FEET. OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS
WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
TUESDAY
SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTH
15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FEET. NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS WITH
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.
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