Inside Poipu surf break

Inside Poipu surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 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
25.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Inside Poipu today?

The current surf forecast for Inside Poipu at 9AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (12 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
SW
0.6
ENE
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.9
SW
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)68868556666778888771515141516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)106727251546494114522333675816849639897467157046405454598697
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
S
35
S
35
SSW
40
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:47PM
0.57
11:12AM
0.23
12:39AM
0.60
12:34PM
0.26
1:16AM
0.64
1:17PM
0.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09AM
0.22
4:06PM
0.18
8:34AM
0.20
5:32PM
0.16
8:36AM
0.18
6:32PM
0.13
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---6:48-------6:48-------6:47----
Sunset------6:45-------6:45-------6:45-
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Rain (mm)
221135291621424526885753111--
Temp. °C232323242423232221222222222323232222222223242423
Feels °C (?)232424262322222120201918192020211919191920202120
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