Kauai Surf

Detailed Kauai surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Kauai. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Kauai. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Kauai over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Kauai and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Kauai Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Kauai Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Kauai coastline are also listed below.

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	Mon		Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kauai	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Inside Poipu HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	4	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NNE	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	2.5 N	2.4 NNE	-	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	13	13	16	15	13	12	13	8	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	-	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1157	882	807	844	1165	2075	2528	1242	989	785	85	209	236	186	186	144	2657	2200	0	2870	2406	2254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:50AM 0.68	1:14PM 0.39		2:42AM 0.80	1:50PM 0.33		3:27AM 0.83		3:34PM 0.22	4:15AM 0.83		3:16PM 0.23		5:08AM 0.80	3:52PM 0.20		6:55AM 0.70			7:06AM 0.70	7:14PM 0.17
Low Tide / height (m)	6:27PM -0.03		7:59AM 0.15			9:00AM 0.15	7:28PM -0.08		10:05AM 0.15		8:02PM -0.08	11:22AM 0.16		8:40PM -0.06	12:59PM 0.15		10:15PM 0.03			10:09PM 0.02		3:32PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	26	24	25	25	25	26	26	24	27	27	25	26	25	24	26	26	24	25	25	25	26	27
Low °C	25	24	24	25	24	24	25	23	24	25	24	25	25	23	24	25	24	24	25	24	24	27
Chill °C (?)	26	24	25	25	25	26	26	24	27	27	25	26	25	24	26	26	24	25	25	25	26	27
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-
Sunset	5:59	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NNE	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.8 N	1.2 NNW	0.9 N	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 NW	2.5 N	2.4 NNE	1.8 N	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period (s)	10	11	12	13	13	16	15	13	12	13	11	12	11	9	9	11	12	12	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.7 E	0.5 NW	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	1.6 NNW	0.4 NE	0.5 NW	1.0 NW	0.3 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	1.0 N	1.4 NW	1.0 NNE	0.8 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	8	11	8	8	12	7	16	15	8	8	8	8	15	14	9	15	12	15	10	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	6	-	8	8	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	7	4	-	-	6	6	7	7

	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thu
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kauai	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Pakalas HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 N	2.1 N	1.6 NNE	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	0.6 SE	1.4 N	0.9 NNW	1.6 N	1.6 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	8	13	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	13	13
Energy(?)	1422	1313	1157	1000	877	882	914	805	807	46	844	748	1065	1000	1203	1585	2075	2687	2539	2065	1664	1242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:15PM 0.41				1:59AM 0.73									2:42AM 0.80				2:22PM 0.31
Low Tide / height (m)				7:34PM 0.02				7:59AM 0.15				6:56PM -0.06	8:01PM -0.01				10:36AM 0.22			7:28PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	26	25	24	25	23	23	24	26	26	26	24	23	23
Chill °C (?)	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	26	25	24	25	23	23	24	26	26	26	24	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 N	2.1 N	1.6 NNE	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.1 N	1.6 N	1.6 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	11	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.8 N	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.6 NW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 NW	0.6 SE	0.7 NE	0.9 NNW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 N	1.6 NNW	0.6 E	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	12	14	12	12	12	8	8	8	11	8	8	14	8	8	8	16	12	6	7	7	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	8	5	8	7	-	5	5	5	6	-	6	6	6	6

	Monday 03															Tuesday 04
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kauai	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Pakalas HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.6 NNE	0.7 SSE	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.6 N
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1573	1533	1422	1400	1390	1306	1227	1201	1157	50	1023	965	1095	771	877	918	890	894	923	910	914	810
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:38PM 0.45														2:50AM 0.68
Low Tide / height (m)											6:27PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	26	26	26	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	25	24	24	24	25	24	24	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	25	26	26	26	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	25	24	24	24	25	24	24	24	24	24
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.6 NNE	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.6 N
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	0.8 NW	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-