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Power Plant surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 15 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
25.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Power Plant today?

The current surf forecast for Power Plant at 9PM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 4.0m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
NW
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
0.4
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.2
SSW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
NW
0.5
NW
1.4
NW
2
NW
2.2
NW
Period(s) (?)161616161212131314141414141413131313131321191817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80472449491415161618208118620328257253253175175202214144524022748
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
30
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:02AM
0.72
2:19PM
0.23
3:35AM
0.74
2:58PM
0.24
4:06AM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
0.05
10:40AM
0.16
7:47PM
0.03
11:03AM
0.15
8:25PM
0.02
11:27AM
0.14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-----7:11-------7:11-------7:11--
Sunset6:10-------6:10-------6:12-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222020202020212221202021212122232322222222222323
Feels °C (?)171515151516161717171717171617181818171818182022
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