{"id":214590,"date":"2026-01-03T09:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/214590\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T09:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:13:20","slug":"update-coastal-flooding-advisory-for-big-island-extended-through-saturday-night-big-island-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/214590\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Coastal flooding advisory for Big Island extended through Saturday night : Big Island Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Update at 7:20 a.m. Jan. 2: Isolated coastal flooding is expected to continue through late Saturday night.<\/p>\n

According to the National Weather Service in Honolulu, the flooding is a result of peak monthly high tides combined with water levels running higher than predicted. Minor flooding may occur along the shoreline and in low-lying coastal areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Minor coastal flooding is most likely to occur around the daily peak high tides, which typically happen in the early morning hours.<\/p>\n

Update at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 31: Peak monthly high tides combined with high water levels will lead to minor flooding along the shoreline and in low-lying coastal areas of the west, south, and east-facing shores of Hawai\u02bbi Island.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood statement for vulnerable low-lying coastal roadways, docks, boat ramps, and other coastal infrastructure of all islands through Friday night. <\/p>\n

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Coastal flooding is most likely around the daily peak high tides, which will occur a couple hours after midnight, and could cause flooding of beaches that are normally dry with minor coastal erosion and saltwater inundation.<\/p>\n

Take precautions by avoiding driving through flooded roadways, if driving through salt water is unavoidable, rinse the vehicle with fresh water. Move electronics, vehicles or other valuables to higher ground.<\/p>\n

Monitor vessels to ensure mooring lines don\u2019t get too tight and watch out for overwash around boat ramps. Secure canoes or other watercraft stowed on beaches.<\/p>\n

The University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program\u2019s Hawaii and Pacific Islands King Tides Project is collecting coastal flooding photos. For those interested in sharing, send the photos to pacificislandskingtides.org.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Waves crash on the Hilo breakwater. (Photo File: Kelsey Walling)<\/p>\n

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Original at 6:16 a.m. Dec. 31: Overlapping, medium-period northwest and north-northwest swells will maintain advisory-level surf, with little change through this evening (Dec. 31).<\/p>\n

As a result, forecasters at the National Weather Service office in Honolulu issued a high surf advisory until 6 p.m. today for north-facing shores of the Big Island.<\/p>\n

Large breaking waves of 10 to 15 feet are expected along northern shorelines, causing moderate impacts.<\/p>\n

Strong breaking waves and strong currents also will make swimming dangerous.<\/p>\n

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD<\/p>\n

The public is advised to heed all advice from ocean safety officials \u2014 when in doubt, don\u2019t go out.<\/p>\n

Surf is expected to decline through Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update at 7:20 a.m. Jan. 2: Isolated coastal flooding is expected to continue through late Saturday night. According…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[129784,120465,120466,129785,273,129786,129787,129788,129789,8043,23200,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-214590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-10-to-15-feet","9":"tag-big-island-news","10":"tag-big-island-now","11":"tag-dec-31","12":"tag-environment","13":"tag-high-surf-advisory","14":"tag-in-effect-until-6-p-m-today","15":"tag-large-breaking-waves","16":"tag-moderate-impacts","17":"tag-national-weather-service","18":"tag-new-year","19":"tag-new-zealand","20":"tag-newzealand","21":"tag-nz","22":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}