Hanalei Bay Surf Forecast

/ HAW – Kaua'i (25 breaks) / Hawaii (267 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (22.22° N 159.50° W)

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Hanalei Bay surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 HST

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Hanalei Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Hanalei Bay sea temperature is 27.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hanalei Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hanalei Bay at 7AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Evening (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s

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

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		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	7	7	7	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1063	1048	951	837	790	701	637	701	560	560	577	1224	1045	934	765	689	555	471	386	330	375	327	302	226
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- 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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:52PM 0.34				11:48AM 0.61				12:33AM 0.42				12:24PM 0.58				1:10AM 0.50				12:54PM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)			4:35AM 0.13					6:13PM 0.08				5:36AM 0.13				6:29PM 0.07				6:27AM 0.14				6:44PM 0.05

		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	1	3	2	3	5	1	2	1	1
Temp. °C	24	24	24	25	26	27	26	24	24	24	24	25	26	27	26	25	24	25	24	25	26	26	26	25
Feels °C (?)	25	26	25	26	25	27	26	25	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	26	25	26	24	25	26	26	27	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Kaua'i

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Hanalei Bay (calm at Wailua Homesteads wx 20 km from Hanalei Bay). 1.3m 13s groundswell from the NW with a 0.4m 8s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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