Inside Poipu surf break

Inside Poipu surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 17 Sep 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
27.9° 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: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
0.8
SE
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1.2
E
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)6776666966777666688618181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186168178153141146151106154226226202180161151156132115112108102240318224
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
0.68
1:35AM
0.35
1:58PM
0.67
2:13AM
0.41
2:28PM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:59AM
0.13
8:28PM
0.16
6:58AM
0.12
8:45PM
0.14
7:47AM
0.12
9:02PM
0.12
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise-6:24-------6:24-------6:24------
Sunset----6:38-------6:37-------6:37---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252527272726252525252727272525252525272827252525
Feels °C (?)252426262526252523232525262424252525262727252525
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Kaua'i

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at Inside Poipu (moderate winds from the ENE at BUOY-NWWH1 13 km from Inside Poipu). 1.3m 6s windswell from the E with a 0.7m 8s swell from the SE and a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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24 km/h
ENE
Cross-On
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