Polihale surf break

Polihale surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 10 Oct 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
27.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Polihale today?

The current surf forecast for Polihale at 1PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (10 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (10 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.6
NW
0.8
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.6
NW
0.9
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
Period(s) (?)999999999141313131212121212212019181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)149156156153161158130130145149215249273297324319278273361653959106512411312
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
5
S
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
0
ESE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffglassglassglassglassglassoffcrosscrossglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13AM
0.68
3:26PM
0.26
7:18AM
0.66
8:34AM
0.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50PM
0.26
10:43PM
0.04
11:19PM
0.08
12:09AM
0.12
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:33------
Sunset----6:17-------6:16-------6:15---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1----11------11---
Temp. °C252627262626262525252726262625252525272526262525
Feels °C (?)282930293029302828283129292828282828312829292828
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Polihale (light winds from the S at Barking Sands/Kauai Airport 3 km from Polihale). No surfable waves

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2 h 13 min ago

19 km/h
S
Cross-Off
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