UPDATE (10:30 a.m.) – Mahukona Beach Park, Kauna’oa Bay, and Coconut Island Beach Park are closed until further notice, reports Hawai‘i County Civil Defense. Additional closures of roads and beaches may occur without notice.

(BIVN) – A High Surf Warning is now in effect for north and west facing shores of Hawaii Island.

Surf is rapidly building this evening, the National Weather Service says, reaching heights of 20 to 30 feet for exposed north facing shores of the Big Island, “mainly in the Puna District”, forecasters added.

The surf will hold at warning levels through Sunday night.