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Tunnels surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 HST
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Tunnels surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tunnels sea temperature is
24.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tunnels today?

The current surf forecast for Tunnels at 1PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)6ft (1.8m)14s
Afternoon (28 Jan)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (28 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
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)
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
5
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
3
6
7
8
8
8
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.1
WNW
1.4
NW
2.1
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
Period(s) (?)141414131313121517161615151414141414141616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1624146311118507346305135301073220130903320337731872492294430954385476475008259884984537783
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
S
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offglasscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
0.14
12:46AM
0.71
11:47AM
0.14
1:30AM
0.74
12:51PM
0.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
0.11
4:12PM
-0.08
8:12AM
0.08
5:11PM
-0.10
8:33AM
0.06
6:05PM
-0.12
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-7:18-------7:16-------7:16------
Sunset----6:23-------6:24-------6:24---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------121-----
Temp. °C232325252523232222232525252323222121212122212121
Feels °C (?)252528272825262424252726262425232221212122212121
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