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High Surf Warnings in Hawaii, 2025

10 high surf warnings in 2025. 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 in 2025. Tap one for its archive.

High Surf Warnings
10
Busiest month
February3 high surf warnings
Busiest day
January 4, 20251 high surf warnings

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 3:16 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao6 days
Jan 16, 3:32 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao48 hr
Feb 11, 3:21 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao12 hr
Feb 26, 3:12 AM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao11 hr
Feb 27, 8:42 AM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao43 hr
Mar 23, 6:50 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHonolulu, Kauai, Kalawao20 hr
Apr 4, 3:13 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao60 hr
Sep 8, 3:33 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao36 hr
Nov 28, 3:10 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao69 hr
Dec 14, 2:05 PM HSTHigh Surf WarningHFOHawaii13 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

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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.