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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
24.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Gillin's today?

The current surf forecast for Gillin's at 10AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
E
3
E
0.9
SSE
1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
2.4
E
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SW
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)9988777977877777767761566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1064130310611396938698481667270495766625336595332542017
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
35
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
E
5
E
10
ENE
0
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
0
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscrossglassglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:46AM
0.64
5:22PM
0.51
5:10AM
0.58
6:11PM
0.55
5:33AM
0.51
7:10PM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
0.10
11:05PM
0.18
11:41AM
0.09
11:59PM
0.25
12:08PM
0.08
1:09AM
0.31
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:03------
Sunset----6:37-------6:37-------6:37---
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11-----11-21-242-3222---
Temp. °C222222232322222222222323222121212121232323222121
Feels °C (?)191817191918192020202123212122212323242425232121
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