856  
WHHW40 PHFO 091725  
CFWHFO  
 
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI  
725 AM HST WED SEP 9 2026  
 
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR SOUTH FACING SHORES OF ALL ISLANDS  
TODAY...  
 
.A MODERATE LONG-PERIOD SOUTH SWELL MIXED WITH A SHORT-PERIOD  
SOUTHWEST SWELL FROM LOWELL WILL PRODUCE ADVISORY LEVEL SURF ALONG  
SOUTH FACING SHORES THROUGH TODAY. SURF IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW  
ADVISORY THRESHOLDS BY THIS EVENING.  
 
HIZ001-003-006-016-018-023-026-031>034-038-040-041-043-044-046-  
049>052-100400-  
/O.NEW.PHFO.SU.Y.0038.260909T1725Z-260910T0400Z/  
NIIHAU-KAUAI SOUTHWEST-WAIANAE COAST-KAHOOLAWE-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-  
KONA-KOHALA-KAUAI SOUTH-EAST HONOLULU-HONOLULU METRO-EWA PLAIN-  
MOLOKAI SOUTHEAST-MOLOKAI WEST-MOLOKAI LEEWARD SOUTH-  
LANAI LEEWARD-LANAI SOUTH-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY SOUTH-  
SOUTH MAUI/UPCOUNTRY-SOUTH HALEAKALA-BIG ISLAND SOUTH-  
BIG ISLAND SOUTHEAST-  
725 AM HST WED SEP 9 2026  
   
..HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING  
 
* WHAT...LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 7 TO 10 FEET.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTH FACING SHORES OF KAHOOLAWE, KAUAI, LANAI, MAUI,  
MOLOKAI, NIIHAU, OAHU AND THE BIG ISLAND.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...MODERATE. STRONG BREAKING WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS  
WILL MAKE SWIMMING DANGEROUS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
HEED ALL ADVICE FROM OCEAN SAFETY OFFICIALS. WHEN IN DOUBT, DON'T  
GO OUT.  
 
 
 
 
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