Kuau Pipes Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.93° N 156.38° W

Kuau Pipes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kuau Pipes sea temperature is
26.4°C
0.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Kuau Pipes today (11 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 16s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Kuau Pipes at 1AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 10). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Nov)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (11 Nov)7ft (2.2m)16s
Evening (11 Nov)8ft (2.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 25°C on Tue night, min 23°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
NNW
12
1.4
NNW
12
1.3
NNW
12
1.2
NNW
12
1.2
NNW
12
1.2
NNW
12
1.2
NNW
18
1.9
NNW
17
2.5
NNW
16
2.5
NNW
16
2.5
NNW
16
2.5
NNW
16
2.5
NNW
15
2.5
NNW
15
2.2
NNW
15
2
NNW
14
2.1
NNW
14
2
NNW
14
2
NNW
14
1.9
NNW
14
1.3
NW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
573
554
472
378
384
417
832
1945
3436
3569
3211
3076
2883
2906
2169
1690
1797
1556
1534
1454
656
Wind (km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:53AM0.90m
2:14PM0.51m
4:30AM0.87m
2:30PM0.49m
Low Tide
8:21PM0.06m
10:35AM0.42m
8:48PM0.07m
11:23AM0.44m
9:17PM0.10m
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clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
25
25
24
24
24
24
25
25
24
24
24
24
23
24
25
25
24
23
24
24
23
Feels °C
24
24
22
22
21
21
22
22
21
21
20
22
20
21
22
23
21
20
21
21
20
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