Inside Poipu surf break

Inside Poipu surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 17 Apr 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
24.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Inside Poipu today?

The current surf forecast for Inside Poipu at 8AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
ENE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.4
SSE
0.9
ENE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)12121212111155556666666666136813
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)144104104999465646581110121115837161627976795157623960
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
10
SE
10
S
10
SW
5
E
15
E
10
E
5
ENE
15
E
0
N
10
NNW
0
ESE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
0.45
4:12PM
0.75
3:32AM
0.40
4:56PM
0.77
4:05AM
0.34
5:45PM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:53PM
0.19
9:06AM
0.00
10:50PM
0.20
9:35AM
-0.01
11:52PM
0.22
10:07AM
-0.00
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise---6:16-------6:15-------6:15----
Sunset------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------21------1-14173323
Temp. °C232322232425242323222223262625242424232222212121
Feels °C (?)242422232324232422212223282827272626272325222424
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