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Power Plant surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 HST
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Power Plant surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Power Plant sea temperature is
25.5° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Power Plant today?

The current surf forecast for Power Plant at 3PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.7m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.5
NW
2.2
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
NW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212131316161612121313141415141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1060907678540428635136922212613405813244949141516161820142264390328
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
30
N
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
0.22
2:28AM
0.69
1:36PM
0.22
3:02AM
0.72
2:19PM
0.23
3:35AM
0.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
0.20
6:22PM
0.07
10:19AM
0.18
7:06PM
0.05
10:40AM
0.16
7:47PM
0.03
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-------7:11-------7:11-------7:11
Sunset--6:09-------6:10-------6:10-----
rain showers
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
21-136------------------
Temp. °C242524242322222223222120202019202122212121212121
Feels °C (?)202121222020201717161515151514151617161718171617
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