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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 15 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 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gillin's today?

The current surf forecast for Gillin's at 3PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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
0
0
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 (?)
0.7
SW
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
SW
0.2
SSW
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)66668121212161212131455555666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3618168121413282415157186666625785122123149162194182
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:24AM
0.69
1:18PM
0.26
2:57AM
0.72
2:02PM
0.27
3:29AM
0.75
2:41PM
0.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:01AM
0.22
7:08PM
0.05
10:22AM
0.21
7:48PM
0.03
10:44AM
0.19
8:25PM
0.02
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-7:18-------7:18-------7:18------
Sunset----6:15-------6:15-------6:15---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212022222118181818182021212020202019222222222121
Feels °C (?)201820191813131313131516171616161615171818181717
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