Kanaha Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.90° N 156.44° W

Kanaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kanaha sea temperature is
26.7°C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Kanaha today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 12s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kanaha at 2PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (06 Sep)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (06 Sep)7ft (2.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 25°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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)
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
ENE
13
2.1
ENE
12
2.1
ENE
12
2.1
E
12
2.1
E
12
2.1
E
12
2.2
ENE
12
2.1
ENE
12
2.1
ENE
12
2.2
ENE
12
1.5
E
12
1.6
ENE
12
2.5
ENE
12
2.1
ENE
12
2
ENE
12
1.9
ENE
11
1.9
ENE
11
1.9
ENE
11
1.8
ENE
11
1.6
ENE
11
1.5
ENE
10
1.4
NE
10
1.3
ENE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1240
1281
1240
1290
1290
1290
1338
1200
1180
1338
672
768
1669
1211
1084
950
901
838
745
573
466
392
288
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
5
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
off
High Tide
12:16PM0.88m
11:19PM0.44m
12:53PM0.92m
00:22AM0.51m
1:25PM0.93m
Low Tide
4:02AM0.18m
7:38PM0.37m
5:19AM0.14m
7:45PM0.32m
6:16AM0.12m
8:01PM0.27m
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:37
6:36
6:35
 mm
1
3
1
4
4
1
Temp °C
25
26
27
27
26
25
25
26
26
26
27
28
28
27
27
27
27
27
29
29
28
28
27
Feels °C
27
28
28
28
27
26
27
28
28
27
28
28
28
28
30
31
30
29
31
32
32
32
31
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