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The Cove surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 HST
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The Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Cove sea temperature is
24.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Cove today?

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 1PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.8
NW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)77777777816888151515157777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61626466685254544004140414056625554373840292928
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
NW
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
W
25
NNW
20
N
10
ENE
10
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
SE
0
ESE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:02AM
0.77
5:02PM
0.35
5:30AM
0.73
5:50PM
0.38
5:57AM
0.68
6:45PM
0.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
0.13
10:23PM
0.08
12:29PM
0.12
11:05PM
0.14
12:54PM
0.11
11:54PM
0.22
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-7:11-------7:11-------7:11------
Sunset----6:14-------6:15-------6:15---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C232324242423232020212223232221212121222424222221
Feels °C (?)232324222424241818212221222119212122232526232321
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