Kalapaki Beach surf break

Kalapaki Beach surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 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
24.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Kalapaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Kalapaki Beach at 12PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 28). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSE
0.7
NW
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1414141413131313816813129998881515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10710410094605958582202631302630382818214242424253
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
0
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
0.14
1:48AM
0.67
12:54PM
0.15
2:32AM
0.71
1:53PM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
0.14
5:30PM
-0.06
9:43AM
0.11
6:32PM
-0.08
10:01AM
0.09
7:27PM
-0.10
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-7:16-------7:16-------7:16------
Sunset----6:22-------6:23-------6:24---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------1-----
Temp. °C222224252523232222222525252423232222222222212121
Feels °C (?)242424252625252425242625272726252323222120192020
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