Inside Poipu Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks)

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Inside Poipu surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 29 Aug 2025 HST

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

Today's Inside Poipu sea temperature is 27.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Inside Poipu today?

The current surf forecast for Inside Poipu at 2PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	16s
Afternoon (29 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Evening (29 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	15s

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

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	Friday 29							Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Mon 01
	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	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SE	SE	S	S	S	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	10	10	14	14	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	321	341	391	382	369	284	269	269	262	284	267	227	221	214	223	179	184	179	178	164	219	177	149	145
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	E	SE	E	ENE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:08AM 0.52		4:48PM 0.36						9:35AM 0.53									11:07AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)					3:21PM 0.36			12:48AM 0.14								1:34AM 0.15

	Friday 29							Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Mon 01
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	27	27	27	25	24	24	24	25	27	27	27	25	25	24	24	25	27	28	26	25	25	24
Feels °C (?)	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	26	27	27	28	26	26	26	26	26	27	29	27	26	26	25

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Kaua'i

Wind Update Cross-off winds at Inside Poipu are now cross-shore so expect speed-bumps in the surf (light winds from the NE at BUOY-NWWH1 13 km from Inside Poipu). 0.9m 5s windswell from the E with a 0.7m 8s swell from the SE and a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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