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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	Wed		Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Inside Poipu HAW - Kaua'i	Shipwrecks - Hyatt Beach HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	0	4	5	5	5	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	0.9 SSE	0.7 NW	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 NE	0.4 S	2.4 NE	1.8 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	7	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	12	8	15	14	15	14	6	7	7
Energy(?)	1584	1636	1348	99	196	1010	813	784	597	607	411	406	679	92	1804	2455	3540	4108	3499	316	319	292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:41PM 0.34	4:49AM 0.51		5:22PM 0.51		5:13AM 0.45	6:25PM 0.41		5:34AM 0.37	7:31PM 0.44		5:51AM 0.43		8:23PM 0.58			10:14PM 0.57			10:32PM 0.57
Low Tide / height (m)		10:18PM 0.02	11:20AM -0.01		11:08PM 0.07	11:47AM -0.03		12:07AM 0.14	12:16PM -0.04		1:09AM 0.31	12:40PM 0.08		3:15AM 0.35	1:07PM 0.09			1:14PM -0.03				4:03PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	1	-	-	3	5	4	-	2	-	-	2	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	23	22	22	23	21	23	23	21	23	23	20	21	21	21	22	23	22	23	24
Low °C	23	22	21	23	21	21	23	21	21	23	20	21	21	20	21	21	20	21	22	21	21	23
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	23	22	22	23	21	23	23	21	23	23	20	21	21	21	22	23	22	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 NE	0.5 NW	0.9 SSE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.9 E	0.4 S	1.1 NNE	1.8 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE
Period (s)	10	13	12	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	9	12	16	15	14	15	14	13	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 NNE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	1.7 NNE	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 SE	0.4 NW
Period (s)	12	12	13	11	11	11	7	8	11	6	12	6	10	13	17	9	15	14	13	13	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.3 ENE	-	2.5 E	-	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 NE	2.3 ENE	2.4 NE	1.5 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	7

	Wednesday 18					Thursday 19								Friday 20								Sat
	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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Tunnels HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	0.9 SSE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 NW	1.7 E	0.6 NW	2.5 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	11	9	11	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1526	1570	1584	127	1550	1636	1672	1802	1384	1166	99	99	106	94	135	546	73	2083	941	1973	889	784
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:41PM 0.34				4:49AM 0.51					5:22PM 0.51			4:55AM 0.52	5:24AM 0.37				5:23PM 0.44
Low Tide / height (m)	10:56AM 0.01				10:18PM 0.02					11:20AM -0.01				11:05PM 0.18							10:39PM 0.11	12:07AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	-	1
Temp. °C	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	21	22	21	23	23	23	20	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	21	22	21	23	23	23	20	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.0 ENE	0.8 NE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	14	13	12	12	11	11	7	7	7	7	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.9 SSE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 SSE	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	7	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	13	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	1.7 E	-	2.5 E	-	2.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	-	9	-	9	-	-

	Wednesday 18															Thursday 19
	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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Tunnels HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.9 NW	1.0 SE	0.9 NW	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	13	7	12	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1625	1527	1526	1149	1570	1570	1570	1570	1584	1617	118	127	1191	1102	269	130	256	1216	1271	1304	1344	1672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									4:41PM 0.34											3:53AM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)			10:56AM 0.01												10:01PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	22
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	2.3 ENE	0.9 NE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.0 E	1.0 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	3.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9