Alert archive / Hawaii

High Surf Warnings in Hawaii

248 high surf warnings since 1986. 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 warnings reaches back to 2005.

High Surf Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

High Surf Warnings
248
Busiest year
201624 high surf warnings
Average year
12over 21 years on file

Over time

By year

Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.

By month of the year

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The latest high surf warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 2:44 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao49 hr
Aug 14, 4:15 AM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kalawao46 hr
Jul 27, 9:04 AM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao42 hr
Jun 14, 9:54 AM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao41 hr
Feb 22, 3:02 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao48 hr
Feb 8, 3:00 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao36 hr
Feb 6, 9:53 AM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao30 hr
Feb 2, 3:26 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao60 hr
Jan 30, 3:36 AM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao37 hr
Jan 14, 3:18 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao60 hr
Jan 12, 3:58 AM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao36 hr

Nearby

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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. Rebuilt daily.