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Acid Drops surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 22 Jan 2026 HST
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Acid Drops surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Acid Drops sea temperature is
24.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Acid Drops today?

The current surf forecast for Acid Drops at 8PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 22). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (22 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (22 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

Table - waves today at Acid Drops. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.4
SE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.4
E
0.8
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
NW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
NW
0.3
S
0.5
E
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)78887888888888888168815287
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)401717175441162828577620822020202004343012826
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
0.41
6:13AM
0.60
7:37PM
0.44
6:37AM
0.53
9:00PM
0.49
6:57AM
0.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:45PM
0.13
11:40PM
0.21
1:12PM
0.12
12:41AM
0.29
1:45PM
0.11
2:18AM
0.36
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise-------7:18-------7:18-------7:18
Sunset--6:20-------6:21-------6:21-----
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232423212120202023242321212121222324232222222222
Feels °C (?)222422212120192022232221212122242424232324242424
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