Kanaha Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.90° N 156.44° W

Kanaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

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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 (2.2m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 12s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Kanaha at 7PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 15s 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 (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (06 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (06 Sep)7ft (2.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 25°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
E
12
2
E
12
2.1
E
12
2.2
E
12
2.1
E
12
2.3
E
12
2
ENE
12
2.1
ENE
12
2.2
ENE
12
1.6
ENE
12
1.6
ENE
12
2.4
ENE
12
2.1
ENE
12
2
ENE
11
1.9
ENE
11
1.8
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
1591
1175
1290
1412
1312
1539
1072
1220
1338
768
755
1513
1190
1012
901
802
759
584
475
400
295
Wind (km/h)
20
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
S
10
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
off
cross-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
7:38PM0.37m
5:19AM0.14m
7:45PM0.32m
6:16AM0.12m
8:01PM0.27m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
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
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:37
6:36
6:35
 mm
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
Temp °C
27
27
27
26
26
25
26
26
27
28
27
27
27
27
27
28
29
29
29
28
27
Feels °C
29
28
28
28
28
27
27
26
27
28
28
28
29
30
30
29
30
31
33
32
30
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