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Waimea Rivermouth surfForecast / HAW – Kaua'i / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 HST
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Waimea Rivermouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waimea Rivermouth sea temperature is
25.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waimea Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for Waimea Rivermouth at 12AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Evening (18 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SE
1.4
N
0.3
S
1.3
E
1.2
ESE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)121271218661716899668888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14141105513011910491253739535335272626272832313131
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
S
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:55PM
0.14
4:14AM
0.54
3:31PM
0.15
4:43AM
0.54
4:11PM
0.16
5:11AM
0.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
-0.09
11:27AM
0.07
9:16PM
-0.09
11:49AM
0.07
9:51PM
-0.07
12:12PM
0.06
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-----7:18-------7:18-------7:18--
Sunset6:16-------6:17-------6:19-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232221212121232323222121212224242322222221222424
Feels °C (?)211919181819212122222021202223232323232221222423
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