Kalapaki Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 21.96° N 159.35° W

Issued: 7 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Kalapaki Beach sea temperature is

27.0°C

Kalapaki Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Kalapaki Beach today (23 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Kalapaki Beach at 1PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	9s
Afternoon (23 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	10s
Evening (23 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 27°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Wednesday 23							Thursday 24								Friday 25
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 7	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	463	495	589	602	527	505	484	473	474	516	346	406	430	488	475	504	566	607	607	627	639	773	773
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide					2:02PM0.59m				2:15AM0.40m				2:27PM0.57m				2:51AM0.46m				2:52PM0.54m
Low Tide		7:06AM0.10m					8:31PM0.12m			7:50AM0.10m					8:47PM0.09m				8:35AM0.10m				9:07PM0.05m


	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	25	27	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	25	25
Feels °C	27	27	27	26	25	24	25	25	25	24	25	24	25	24	24	24	23	23	24	25	25	24	24
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 17	SW 15	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SSW 15
kJ	144	144	144	144	106	104	106	166	166	251	232	377	377	377	242	368	330	322	318	314	245	242	294
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 10	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 18	S 12	NNW 9	N 9	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 11
kJ	52	52	143	132	122	166	164	73	72	72	69	71	44	44	123	42	28	26	52	53	87	108	116
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 17	SW 17	N 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 9	N 11	N 11	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	S 12	NNW 9	S 11	S 11	N 9	N 9	SSW 19	SW 12	SSW 12
kJ	119	147	50	32	31	31	31	17	21	37	36	33	32	31	44	28	21	21	25	25	125	72	56
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 7	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	463	495	589	602	527	505	484	473	474	516	346	406	430	488	475	504	566	607	607	627	639	773	773
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Waimea Rivermouth HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Distance (km)	17	17	17	17	31	17	17	17	17	31	31	31	31	31	17	31	33	31	31	31	31	31	31
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	9	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

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