Harbor Users

Protect your boats from high waves and harbor oscillations

Wave & Surge Conditions: Harbors (under development)

• Combined Plots of One or More of the Following:
• Overall Harbor Sea Level Heights (including tides)
• Current Harbor Surface Wave Heights (2–30 seconds)
• Current Harbor Surge Heights (2–30 minute oscillations)
• Forecast Surface Wave Heights Outside the Harbor Mouth
• Forecast Surge Heights Within the Harbor
  
  Choose a location Nawiliwili Hbr., Kaua'i (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS) Barber's Pt. Hbr., O'ahu (HiOOS) Honolulu Hbr., O'ahu (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS) Moku o Loe Is., Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS) Kahului, Maui (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS) Kaumalapau Hbr., Lana'i (HiOOS) Kawaihae, Hawai'i (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS) Hilo, Hawai'i (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS)
• Tsunami Warnings (Pacific Tsunami Warning Center — PTWC)
• Samoa Tsunami of 29 September 2009
• Hawai‘i Harbor Oscillations Caused by the Tsunami
  
  Choose a location Nawiliwili Hbr., Kaua'i (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS) Honolulu Hbr., O'ahu (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS) Moku o Loe Is., Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS) Kahului, Maui (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS) Kawaihae, Hawai'i (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS) Hilo, Hawai'i (NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS)
• Propagation Model (with Pacific Ocean animation) — NOAA/PMEL/CTR

Surface Wave Conditions: Nearshore

• UH Coastal Wave Buoys
  
  Choose a buoy location O‘ahu North Shore: Waimea Bay O‘ahu East Shore: Kailua Bay O‘ahu South Shore: Kilo Nalu Reef Observatory Lana‘i: Kaumalapau Hbr.
• Wave Height Forecast Maps for O‘ahu, Maui, Kaua‘i and the Big Island (UH/SOEST)
• Surf Forecasts
  
  Choose a forecast source Oahu Surf Forecast (National Weather Service - NWS) Surf News Network (commercial site with some free info) wetSand (commercial site with some free info) Surfline (commercial site with some free info)

Weather

• UH Meteorology Department Weather Server: Current observations
• Wind Speed Forecast Map for the Hawaiian Is. Region (UH/SOEST)
• NWS Honolulu Weather Forecast Office
• Small Craft Advisories
• NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center

Tides

• Annual Tide Prediction Tables (NOAA)
• WWW Tide and Current Predictor Stations

Courtesy of the WWW Tide and Current Predictor


Choose a location NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS • East Island, French Frigate Shoals • Laysan Island • Sand Island, Midway Islands NI'IHAU • Nonopapa KAUA'I • Hanamaulu Bay • Nawiliwili Harbor • Hanalei Bay • Port Allen, Hanapepe Bay • Waimea Bay O'AHU • Hanauma Bay • Waimanalo • Moku o Loe (Coconut Island), Kaneohe Bay • Waikane, Kaneohe Bay • Honolulu, Honolulu Harbor • Laie Bay • Pearl Harbor, Ford Island Ferry • Pearl Harbor Entrance, Bishop Point • Haleiwa, Waialua Bay • Waianae, Pokai Bay MOLOKA'I • Kalohi Channel Tidal Currents • Pukoo Harbor • Kamalo Harbor • Kaunakakai • Kolo MAUI • Hana • Makena • Kihei • Kahului • Lahaina LANA'I • Kaumalapau KAHO'OLAWE • Kuheia Bay • Smuggler Cove BIG ISLAND OF HAWAI'I • Hilo • Honuapo • Kawaihae • Mahukona • Kailua Kona • Napoopoo, Kealakekua Bay

DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation

• Know the rules for harbor and offshore moorings.

O‘ahu South Shore Water Qualities

• Temperature, Salinity, Turbidity, Chlorophyll, & More

• O‘ahu South Shore Buoys and Sensors
  (click on a dot on the map, or choose an observation site from the menu, to go to the observation page for that site)
  
  
  Choose an observation site NS01: Ala Wai Canal (HiOOS) NS02: Ala Wai Harbor (HiOOS) NS03: Hilton (HiOOS) NS04: Aquarium (HiOOS) WQB-AW: Ala Wai/Magic Island Buoy -- Real-Time (HiOOS) WQB-AW: Ala Wai/Magic Island Buoy -- Monthly Compilations (HiOOS) KNO: Kilo Nalu Cabled Observatory (UH) WQB-KN: Kilo Nalu Buoy -- Real-Time (HiOOS) WQB-KN: Kilo Nalu Buoy -- Monthly Compilations (HiOOS)
• State of Hawai‘i — Clean Water Branch

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