Polihale Surf Forecast

/ HAW – Kaua'i (25 breaks) / Hawaii (267 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (22.09° N 159.75° W)

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Polihale surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 18 Aug 2025 HST

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

Today's Polihale sea temperature is 27.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Polihale today?

The current surf forecast for Polihale at 12PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 18). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Evening (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s

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

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	Monday 18							Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu 21
	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	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	S	S	S	S	S	NNE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	16	16	16	16	16	15	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	86	85	68	58	59	51	69	58	57	25	24	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	SE	ENE	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	NE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	ESE	NE	E	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				1:04PM 0.68				11:50PM 0.21				1:48PM 0.70				1:03AM 0.24					2:26PM 0.71			1:54AM 0.27
Low Tide / height (m)	4:24AM 0.08						9:33PM 0.20			5:37AM 0.06					9:34PM 0.19			6:37AM 0.05					9:48PM 0.18

	Monday 18							Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu 21
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	26	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	26	27	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	27	27	27	26	26	25
Feels °C (?)	26	27	30	28	28	29	27	26	26	27	29	29	29	28	25	26	26	27	30	29	29	28	28	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Kaua'i

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Polihale (light winds from the ESE at Wailua Homesteads wx 39 km from Polihale). No surfable waves
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39 km away, 1 h 0 min ago

10 km/h

ESE

0.0

27.5

Air / Water (°C)

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