Beach forecast for Papakōlea Beach
Today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · local time (HST) · Hawaii, United States Today, Wed, Oct 28 · HST- Swimming
- Use care · 4.8 ft
- Water
- 81 °F · warm
- Max UV
- 6 · SPF 30
- Low tide
- 12:01 pm and 10:42 pm
Today, Wednesday, October 28, it's not a beach day in Papakōlea Beach (0/10). The best day this week is Monday, November 2, at 5/10.
Beach forecast for the next 7 days
| Day | Rating | Best hours | Swimming | Water | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 0Not a beach day | Not today | Use care · 4.8 ft | 81 °F | 6 |
| Thu 29 | 1Not a beach day | No good window | Dangerous · 5.1 ft | 81 °F | 10 |
| Fri 30 | 3Poor beach day | No good window | Dangerous · 5.0 ft | 81 °F | 9 |
| Sat 31 | 3Poor beach day | No good window | Dangerous · 5.1 ft | 81 °F | 8 |
| Sun 1 | 3Poor beach day | No good window | Use care · 4.6 ft | 81 °F | 7 |
| Mon 2 | 5Fair beach day | 10:00 am–3:00 pm | Use care · 5.9 ft | 81 °F | — |
| Tue 3 | 1Not a beach day | No good window | Use care · 6.0 ft | 80 °F | — |
Each rating comes from sun, temperature, rain, wind, waves, UV, water temperature and, where there is one, the tide.
Today in detail
- Feels like 88 °F: beach weather
- Onshore breeze (12 mph)
- UV 6 (moderate): SPF 30 sunscreen
- Water at 81 °F (warm)
- Low tide at 12:01 pm: more sand
- Cloudy (99% cloud cover)
Thunderstorms during beach hours: get out of the water and off the sand as soon as you hear thunder.
Today, hour by hour
- Swimming Use care · 4.8 ft
4.8 ft waves every 12 s: swim with care and stay where you can stand. High rip current risk. If you're caught in a rip current, don't swim against it: swim parallel to shore and wave for help. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
- Water 81 °F
Warm: very pleasant.
- Sun & sunscreen UV 6 · SPF 30
Max UV 6 (moderate): SPF 30 sunscreen, reapplied every 2 hours.
- Wind 12 mph
Onshore breeze (12 mph).
- Tide & sand 10:42 pm
Low tide at 12:01 pm and 10:42 pm: that's when there's the most sand. High tide at 5:29 am and 4:25 pm.
We don't have data on jellyfish, sargassum or beach closures: ask the lifeguard or check with the local beach authority.
Today, hour by hour
| Time | Rating | Sky | Feels like | Wind | Waves | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | 0 | Light drizzle | 84 °F | 12 mph | 4.7 ft | 0 |
| 8:00 am | 0 | Light drizzle | 84 °F | 12 mph | 4.7 ft | 1 |
| 9:00 am | 0 | Light drizzle | 85 °F | 12 mph | 4.7 ft | 2 |
| 10:00 am | 1 | Light drizzle | 87 °F | 12 mph | 4.7 ft | 5 |
| 11:00 am | 0 | Light drizzle | 88 °F | 12 mph | 4.7 ft | 6 |
| 12:00 pm | 0 | Drizzle | 88 °F | 10 mph | 4.7 ft | 5 |
| 1:00 pm | 0 | Drizzle | 88 °F | 9 mph | 4.8 ft | 5 |
| 2:00 pm | 0 | Drizzle | 88 °F | 7 mph | 4.8 ft | 3 |
| 3:00 pm | 0 | Drizzle | 88 °F | 6 mph | 4.8 ft | 1 |
| 4:00 pm | 0 | Drizzle | 88 °F | 5 mph | 4.8 ft | 0 |
Beach hours only: from one hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset.
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How we rate a beach day
We rate every beach hour from 0 to 10 with simple, fixed rules:
- Adds: sunshine (up to 3 points, fewer with more clouds), warmth (up to 4, from the feels-like temperature; ideal between 81 °F and 91 °F), a calm sea (1), water at 70 °F or warmer (1; from 64 °F, half) and low or mid tide (1: more sand). Anything without data is left out and the rest is scaled to 10.
- Takes away: cold (feels-like below 64 °F, 1 to 4 points), rain (half a point if likely, up to 6 if it rains; thunderstorms, 8), wind from force 4, about 12 mph (1 to 6 points; half a point more if offshore, which blows inflatables out to sea, or onshore, which churns the water), waves (1 to swim with care, 4 if dangerous, 1 more for high rip current risk), very high UV (half a point; extreme, 1), water below 59 °F (1) and spring high tides (1: little sand left).
- Swimming: calm, use care (waves from 2.6 ft, or long swell) or dangerous (from 6.6 ft, or 4.9 ft with a long period), based on how much of the wave reaches this shore given the way it faces. In the U.S., today's and tomorrow's rip current risk comes from the National Weather Service surf zone forecast when it issues one; otherwise we estimate it from the waves.
- Best windows: runs of 2 to 5 hours rated 4 or more and close to the best hour, at least one hour apart.
- Day rating: the average of the best window; a 2-hour window keeps 85% of it and a 3-hour window 95%.
Today, in the best window: sun 0 of 3, warmth 4 of 4, calm sea 0 of 1, water 1 of 1 and tide 1 of 1; minus rain 3 and waves 2; short window: the rating keeps 85%.
It's a guide, not a guarantee: weather changes and every beach is different. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
Questions about the beach in Papakōlea Beach
Is it a beach day in Papakōlea Beach today?
Not a beach day: 0/10. No good beach time today.
What are the swimming conditions in Papakōlea Beach today?
4.8 ft waves every 12 s: swim with care and stay where you can stand. High rip current risk. If you're caught in a rip current, don't swim against it: swim parallel to shore and wave for help. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
How warm is the water in Papakōlea Beach?
About 81 °F today: warm. That's the sea surface temperature offshore; it can differ a little at the shoreline.
How much sun protection do I need in Papakōlea Beach today?
UV reaches 6 (moderate): SPF 30 sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat.
When is low tide in Papakōlea Beach?
Today low tide is at 12:01 pm and 10:42 pm: that's when there's the most sand. High tide is at 5:29 am and 4:25 pm.
What about tomorrow? Will it be a beach day in Papakōlea Beach?
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29: not a beach day (1/10).
Are there jellyfish or sargassum today?
We don't know: there's no open data on jellyfish, sargassum or closures for each beach. Ask the lifeguard, check the flags or the local beach authority's website.
How is the rating worked out?
From the hourly forecast: sun and clouds, feels-like temperature, rain, wind (and whether it blows onshore or offshore), waves and their period, UV, water temperature and, where there is one, the tide. Each factor adds or takes away a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.
More about Papakōlea Beach today
Learn more
Our own calculation, using the Open-Meteo forecast (ECMWF, NOAA GFS, Météo-France, Copernicus Marine and CAMS, CC BY 4.0), the tide from Honuapo (NOAA) and the sun from astronomy-engine. Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database)