Kuau Pipes Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.93° N 156.38° W

Kuau Pipes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 12 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kuau Pipes sea temperature is
26.3°C
0.2° 

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 (12 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 14s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Kuau Pipes at 4PM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Nov)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (12 Nov)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (12 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 23°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
NNW
15
2.1
NNW
14
1.9
NW
14
2
NNW
14
1.9
NNW
14
1.8
NNW
14
1.3
NW
14
1.3
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1
NW
13
1
NW
13
1
N
19
1.3
NNW
18
1.6
NNW
17
1.6
NNW
16
1.5
NNW
15
1.3
NNW
14
1.3
NNW
14
1.1
NNW
13
0.9
NW
12
1.8
ENE
7
1.9
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2508
1900
1407
1624
1396
1247
656
552
424
369
320
320
728
1081
1462
1310
1079
732
612
421
280
278
317
Wind (km/h)
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
E
30
E
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
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
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:30PM0.49m
5:12AM0.83m
2:36PM0.47m
5:58AM0.79m
Low Tide
11:23AM0.44m
9:17PM0.10m
12:30PM0.46m
9:46PM0.15m
10:17PM0.20m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
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Temp °C
24
25
25
24
24
23
23
24
25
25
25
24
24
23
23
24
25
26
25
24
24
24
24
Feels °C
21
23
23
22
22
20
21
22
23
23
24
22
22
21
21
21
23
24
24
22
22
21
21
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