# Small Craft Advisory: Alenuihaha Channel; Big Island Leeward Waters; Big Island Southeast Waters — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-09-23 11:03 ingested 2026-09-24 02:48

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Small Craft Advisory — Alenuihaha Channel; Big Island Leeward Waters; Big Island Southeast Waters
Severity: Minor. Certainty: Likely.
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, northeast winds 15 to 30
kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 9 to 14 feet. For the
Hurricane Watch, east winds 30 to 50 kt with gusts up to 65 kt
and seas 12 to 17 feet.

* WHERE...Alenuihaha Channel, Big Island Leeward Waters and Big
Island Southeast Waters.

* WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 6 AM HST Friday. For
the Hurricane Watch, starting 6 am HST Friday.

* IMPACTS...Extremely strong winds will cause hazardous seas which
will likely capsize or damage vessels and severely reduce
visibility.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.