High Surf — Big Island East, Hawaii

2024-08-24 to 2024-08-25 · Big Island East, Hawaii

Event narrative

Large swell from Hurricane Hone generated fourteen to eighteen foot surf for east facing shores of the Big Island and Maui.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Hone, which formed in the Central Pacific, tracked towards the Hawaiian islands and passed by just south of the Big Island. Hurricane Hone's outer rain bands brought flooding to portions of the Big Island and the close proximity of the center of the storm brought widespread tropical storm force winds with pockets of power outages over the Big Island and Maui. Thousands of customers reportedly lost power and utility poles were damaged.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1206249. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.