Kalapaki Beach surf break

Kalapaki Beach surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 HST
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Kalapaki Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kalapaki Beach sea temperature is
27.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Kalapaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Kalapaki Beach at 3PM 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 South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (17 Sep)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
E
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)766666667776666666181818171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)196151145170150120190263229206237170212176130155119115176240318300295366
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:28PM
0.65
1:34AM
0.31
2:04PM
0.63
2:13AM
0.37
2:35PM
0.61
2:50AM
0.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
0.13
6:54AM
0.08
8:49PM
0.12
7:43AM
0.08
9:04PM
0.11
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:24-------6:24
Sunset--6:37-------6:37-------6:36-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------11111---1211-
Temp. °C272626262525252526272625262525252727272626252526
Feels °C (?)262525262525242425262524262526252727272726252426
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Kaua'i

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Kalapaki Beach (moderate winds from the ENE at BUOY-NWWH1 1 km from Kalapaki Beach). 1.3m 6s windswell from the ENE with a 0.6m 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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