Kawela Bay, Hawaii Weather
Kawela Bay, Hawaii — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Kawela Bay, Honolulu County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kawela Bay.
About Kawela Bay, Hawaii
Kawela Bay lies open to the vast Pacific, a quiet expanse where the land slopes gently toward the sea. It lies 17.6 miles north of Mililani Town, HI (from Mililani Town, HI: bearing 4°T), and is situated 5.9 miles north-west of Laie. The shoreline here is less a pristine ribbon of sand and more a rugged embrace of volcanic rock and dark, damp earth, softened by a persistent green cloak of ironwood trees and the rustling fronds of coconut palms. The air itself carries a constant, humid sweetness, a blend of salt spray and the subtle perfume of unseen blossoms, a scent that clings to your skin long after you’ve left the immediate vicinity. Beyond the immediate coast, the terrain rises into rolling hills, softened by decades of rainfall and the steady, almost imperceptible work of erosion, their slopes a mosaic of deep greens and shadowed valleys. This stretch of Oahu’s windward coast has a history deeply intertwined with the land’s bounty. For generations, the fertile soil and the abundant sea sustained a way of life that valued self-sufficiency and a deep connection to the natural world. While the island’s economy has shifted, the echoes of its agricultural past remain, a quiet testament to the generations who worked the taro patches and fished these waters. Today, Kawela Bay retains a tranquil character, a place where the pace of life feels dictated more by the tides and the sun’s slow arc across the sky than by the demands of a hurried world. The nearby waters, though not always ideal for swimming due to the reef and currents, offer a wilder beauty, a place where the raw power of the ocean is more readily apparent.
Live animated radar for Kawela Bay and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Kawela Bay, Honolulu County, Hawaii |
| Coordinates | 21.70213°N, 157.99574°W |
| Timezone | Hawaii Standard Time — no DST (Pacific/Honolulu) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 96731 |
| Area Code | 808 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kawela Bay, Hawaii Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kawela Bay, Hawaii, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Kawela Bay includes coordinates 21.702130°N, 157.995740°W, situated in Honolulu County. ZIP code 96731. Telephone area code: 808. Timezone: Hawaii Standard Time — no DST (Pacific/Honolulu).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
