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Little Beach

Hawaii · United States

IntermediateBeach break20.635, -156.452

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An open SW-facing sand beach on the Coastal Waters near Hawaii, Little Beach works on S–W groundswell; N–E winds offshore, with conditions most reliable year-round.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~26.8°C (80.2°F) on average

Jan

24.7°C

76.5°F · 23–25.9°C

Feb

24.4°C

75.9°F · 22.9–25.3°C

Mar

24.3°C

75.7°F · 23.1–25.2°C

Apr

24.6°C

76.3°F · 23.4–25.3°C

May

25.2°C

77.4°F · 24.4–26.7°C

Jun

25.6°C

78.1°F · 24.5–26.9°C

Jul

26.1°C

79°F · 24.8–27.2°C

Aug

26.4°C

79.5°F · 25.3–27.9°C

Sep

26.8°C

80.2°F · 25.1–29.1°C

Oct

26.7°C

80.1°F · 25.3–28.1°C

Nov

26.2°C

79.2°F · 24.9–27.8°C

Dec

25.4°C

77.7°F · 24–26.5°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

S–W

Best wind

N–E

Break type

Beach break

Best season

Year-round

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.

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