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Centers surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 HST
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Centers surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Centers sea temperature is
25.5° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Centers today?

The current surf forecast for Centers at 1PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (13 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.4
SE
1
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SW
1.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)10888888109104566666688681212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2312121111111824142335138177200124734226222212221328
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
W
20
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
0.66
12:19PM
0.26
2:24AM
0.69
1:18PM
0.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:35PM
0.10
9:46AM
0.25
6:24PM
0.08
10:01AM
0.22
7:08PM
0.05
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-7:18-------7:18-------7:18------
Sunset----6:14-------6:15-------6:15---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------244431---------
Temp. °C202022232321212223222423232221212120222321191919
Feels °C (?)191921212221222424222220212020222019212217141415
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