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Hideaways surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 HST
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Hideaways surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hideaways sea temperature is
25.1° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hideaways today?

The current surf forecast for Hideaways at 11PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
5
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
2
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
1.1
NW
1.7
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)121212121817161616151414141313131312121716161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7896875945172531385939853745345524242090168814231014827673520423374465574138413251289
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
5
SE
5
NE
5
N
5
ESE
5
S
5
SSE
5
W
5
SSW
5
NNE
10
NNW
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-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
0.68
2:23PM
0.19
3:35AM
0.68
3:03PM
0.21
4:03AM
0.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:00PM
-0.09
9:47AM
0.07
7:36PM
-0.09
10:09AM
0.07
8:11PM
-0.07
10:32AM
0.06
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-----7:18-------7:18-------7:18--
Sunset6:15-------6:16-------6:16-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222221212121232323212121212124252322222121222424
Feels °C (?)191919191819212122212120202023252323232121222424
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