High Seas Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
953 FZPS40 PHFO 080927 HSFSP HIGH SEAS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1130 UTC SAT NOV 08 2025 SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT. THIS HIGH SEAS FORECAST USES 1-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS WHICH MAY BE HIGHER THAN 10-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS. SECURITE SOUTH PACIFIC EQUATOR TO 25S BETWEEN 120W AND 160E SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC NOV 08 2025. 24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC NOV 09 2025. 48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC NOV 10 2025. .WARNINGS. .NONE. .SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST. .FRONT 25S131W 23S134W THENCE TROUGH 18S150W 16S153W. FRONT MOVING SE 15 KT AND TROUGH NEARLY STATIONARY. .24 HOUR FORECAST FRONT MOVED S OF AREA. TROUGH 25S133W 20S147W 18S150W. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S133W 20S150W. .TROUGH 25S173E 17S168E MOVING SE 10 KT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS S OF 23S BETWEEN 173E AND 180E. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S180E 15S173E 07S160E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S178E 17S178E. .TROUGH 25S170W 12S170E 08S160E MOVING E 15 KT. ISOLATED MODERATE TSMTS WITHIN 210 NM OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S162W 17S170W 10S170E. .48 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH 25S160W 18S160W 12S176W. .TROUGH 15S170W 10S178W MOVING W SLOWLY. ISOLATED MODERATE TSTMS WITHIN 90 NM OF TROUGH. .24 HOUR FORECAST TROUGH MERGED WITH TROUGH DIRECTLY DESCRIBED ABOVE. .WINDS 20 KT OR LESS OVER ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. .SEAS 4 TO 5 M S OF 20S BETWEEN 150W AND 130W. SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M ELSEWHERE S OF 17S BETWEEN 160W AND 127W... AND E OF LINE FROM 20S120W 00S140W. .24 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 4 TO 5 M S OF 20S E OF 131W. SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M ELSEWHERE E OF LINE 00S135W 10S140W 20S150W 25S155W. .48 HOUR FORECAST SEAS 2.5 TO 4 M E OF 135W. .SEAS 2.5 M OR LOWER OVER REMAINDER OF FORECAST AREA. $$ .FORECASTER SHIGESATO. HONOLULU HI.