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Gillin's surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 HST
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Gillin's surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gillin's sea temperature is
25.4° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 6km away, Lawai Beach Resort - Live Cam

How big are the waves at Gillin's today?

The current surf forecast for Gillin's at 11AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (10 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (10 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s

Table - waves today at Gillin's. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
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)
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)9999999899988888888108101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)523854555453373536363635393426171717172418242424
Wind
(km/h)
0
S
5
SW
5
S
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:31AM
0.44
11:32PM
0.50
12:29AM
0.56
1:12AM
0.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
0.38
3:17PM
0.14
3:58PM
0.13
4:45PM
0.12
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-7:18-------7:18-------7:18------
Sunset----6:10-------6:12-------6:13---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------11-------
Temp. °C232324242424232323232424242323232222232423212020
Feels °C (?)272626262727262626252625252323222322212322191718
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