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Centers surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 18 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
25.2° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Centers today?

The current surf forecast for Centers at 8AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 17s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
1.3
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
SE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)131219666669977777778777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)0001238994948074957257727472575967455348626668
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
10
NE
10
NE
15
E
10
ESE
10
SE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
0
E
0
WNW
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		glassglassglassglassonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
0.76
3:19PM
0.30
4:29AM
0.76
4:00PM
0.32
4:57AM
0.74
4:44PM
0.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25PM
0.02
11:08AM
0.18
9:01PM
0.02
11:32AM
0.17
9:37PM
0.04
11:55AM
0.16
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---7:18-------7:18-------7:18----
Sunset------6:16-------6:17-------6:19-
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clear
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part cloud
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clear
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clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212122222323232221212222232323222221212124242422
Feels °C (?)181719202121222220212222232324232322222224242423
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