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 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Kauai	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.6 SE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.4 SW	1.8 ENE	0.7 NNW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	14	8	6	7	7	15	8	14	22	20	17
Energy(?)	1952	1480	1244	1052	1165	1162	1063	778	763	980	1158	962	45	278	297	277	81	789	212	1590	2839	2763
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	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	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:28PM 0.20	10:07AM 0.66		10:59PM 0.27	11:04AM 0.64		12:54AM 0.32	12:30PM 0.55		12:33AM 0.42	12:24PM 0.58		2:00AM 0.46	1:30PM 0.48		2:30AM 0.52	1:55PM 0.44	2:10PM 0.49	3:04AM 0.63	1:42PM 0.42		3:30AM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)	1:28AM 0.12		5:35PM 0.11	3:18AM 0.13		5:55PM 0.10		5:41AM 0.21	7:28PM 0.13		5:36AM 0.13	7:41PM 0.12		7:42AM 0.22	7:54PM 0.11		8:32AM 0.22		8:20PM 0.08	7:57AM 0.16	7:17PM 0.02	8:23PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	6	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	3	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	27	27	26	27	26	26	27	26	26	27	27	26	27	28	26	26	26	26	27	27	26
Low °C	25	25	27	24	25	26	24	25	26	25	25	27	25	25	28	24	24	25	25	25	27	25
Chill °C (?)	25	27	27	26	27	26	26	27	26	26	27	27	26	27	28	26	26	26	26	27	27	26
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	14	13	12	12	7	12	8	8	8	20	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NW	0.4 SE	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.2 NW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	16	14	14	13	8	8	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	8	10	14	22	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	1.5 E	-	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	-	7	-	7	6	7	7	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Monday 13			Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
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	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Pinetrees HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	1	0	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1761	1507	1792	1623	1485	1473	1480	1438	1244	1169	986	1052	992	1063	1165	1181	1299	94	132	998	1009	825
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:28PM 0.20				10:59AM 0.60				10:59PM 0.27	12:12AM 0.25				11:50AM 0.58				11:52PM 0.34
Low Tide / height (m)		5:15PM 0.13		1:28AM 0.12						5:35PM 0.11			4:13AM 0.20					7:12PM 0.15			4:35AM 0.13	5:41AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	26	25	24	24	24	25	27	27	27	25	25	25	24	25	27	27	27	25	24	23	23	25
Chill °C (?)	26	25	24	24	24	25	27	27	27	25	25	25	24	25	27	27	27	25	24	23	23	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.6 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NE	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	16	16	10	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	5	5	5	-	4	5	11	5	5	11	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Monday 13									Tuesday 14
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
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	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Pinetrees HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	1	0	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	9	9	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1947	1761	1761	1728	1592	1507	1846	1885	1988	1773	1752	1952	1801	1764	1649	1646	1701	65	68	1507	1502	1554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	glass
High Tide / height (m)									10:53PM 0.19												10:07AM 0.66
Low Tide / height (m)				5:15PM 0.13									2:01AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	18	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	11	11	11	11