Kuau Pipes Surf Break

Lat Long: 20.93° N 156.38° W

Kuau Pipes 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kuau Pipes sea temperature is
26.8°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 (17 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Kuau Pipes at 12AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)--
Afternoon (17 Oct)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (17 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 24°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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)
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
NNW
13
1.1
NNW
13
1.1
NNW
12
1.1
NNW
11
1.1
NNW
11
1.1
NNW
11
1.1
NNW
11
1
NNW
11
1.1
NNW
11
1
NNW
11
0.9
NNW
11
1.6
ENE
7
1
NNW
13
1
NNW
12
1
N
12
1.7
ENE
7
1.7
ENE
7
1.8
ENE
7
1.8
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
361
411
343
331
320
308
303
254
297
249
206
222
350
318
284
263
293
325
353
Wind (km/h)
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
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
High Tide
8:00AM0.70m
9:33AM0.71m
Low Tide
10:36PM0.21m
11:18PM0.27m
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:20
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6:00
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5:59
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 mm
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1
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1
1
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Temp °C
26
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
25
25
24
24
24
25
26
26
25
25
24
Feels °C
25
24
24
24
25
24
24
25
24
25
23
23
23
23
24
25
23
23
22
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