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High Surf Advisories in Hawaii, 2026
40 high surf advisories in 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high surf advisories reaches back to 2005.
High Surf Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Surf Advisories
- 40
- Busiest month
- January10 high surf advisories
- Busiest day
- February 6, 20262 high surf advisories
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Hawaii-Aleutian Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:01 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 60 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:39 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 48 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:54 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 24 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:30 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 24 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:14 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 48 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:33 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 11 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:01 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:58 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai | 29 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:05 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 20 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:29 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 3 days |
| Feb 3, 3:19 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 48 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:34 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:42 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:53 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 42 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:13 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 48 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:18 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 6 days |
| Feb 22, 3:02 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 4 days |
| Mar 13, 8:58 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 19 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:42 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 5:40 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 22 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:51 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Honolulu, Kauai | 29 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:02 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:40 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 56 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:41 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kalawao | 23 hr |
| May 21, 8:01 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 31 hr |
| May 29, 3:30 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 48 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:41 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 3 days |
| Jun 13, 3:23 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 19 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:05 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 24 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:41 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 14 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:12 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 20 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:05 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 5 days |
| Jul 29, 3:14 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 9 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:40 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 37 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:18 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 58 hr |
| Sep 2, 7:06 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 6 days |
| Sep 8, 3:15 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 9 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:25 AM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 8 hr |
| Sep 24, 4:02 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao | 5 days |
| Sep 26, 1:03 PM HST | High Surf Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 26 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.