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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	Tue		Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Tunnels HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	4	3	3	1	0	0	3	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.6 NW	0.7 SE	0.5 NE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	0.4 S	2.1 E	2.5 NNE	0.3 S	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	7	13	9	9	9	9	9	8	12	8	14	12	8
Energy(?)	1427	1660	1414	1493	1625	1476	1214	1531	120	49	84	2182	2080	502	733	677	900	64	565	2959	25	451
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:56PM 0.30	4:24AM 0.56		4:41PM 0.34	4:49AM 0.51		5:30PM 0.38		5:13AM 0.45	6:25PM 0.41		5:34AM 0.37	7:31PM 0.44		5:48AM 0.30		8:51PM 0.47	5:14AM 0.23		9:56PM 0.60
Low Tide / height (m)		9:34PM -0.03	10:56AM 0.01		10:18PM 0.02	11:20AM -0.01		11:08PM 0.07	11:47AM -0.03		11:59PM 0.25	12:16PM -0.04		1:27AM 0.20	12:51PM -0.04		4:03AM 0.23	1:36PM -0.03				2:39PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	4	-	3	1	6	2	7	10	9	20	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	23	22	22	22	22	24	24	22	20	21	22	21	21	19	20	22	21	22	21
Low °C	23	22	21	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	21	20	21	20	21	21	19	20	21	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	23	22	22	22	22	24	24	22	20	21	22	21	21	19	20	22	21	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	6:35	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NW	3.0 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NW	1.1 NE	0.9 SSE	2.3 ENE	0.8 NE	2.1 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 E	0.6 NE	0.6 SE	0.7 NE	0.3 S	0.4 S	1.3 NNE	2.5 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	11	9	13	12	11	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	12	12	9	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.4 NW	0.2 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 NE	0.6 NW	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.6 NNE	0.5 NW	0.6 SSE	0.6 NNE	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	1.3 NNE	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	13	13	12	8	12	13	8	11	11	7	7	11	13	6	7	6	13	18	16	15	14	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	-	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	-	-	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 E	1.4 E	2.1 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Tuesday 17					Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Fri
	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	Ammonias 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	Ammonias 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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	1.3 ESE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	1705	1605	1427	1663	1734	1660	1527	1815	1755	1719	344	1486	1568	1625	1889	1818	1378	1296	153	149	103	1531
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:56PM 0.30				4:24AM 0.56				4:37PM 0.47				4:49AM 0.51					5:22PM 0.51
Low Tide / height (m)	10:34AM 0.04				9:34PM -0.03				10:56AM 0.01				10:18PM 0.02					11:20AM -0.01				11:08PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1
Temp. °C	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	2.1 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	14	13	10	13	10	10	10	12	10	7	10	8	14	13	12	12	11	11	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.3 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 NE
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	11	12	10	9	10	13	12	12	12	10	8	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9

	Tuesday 17															Wednesday 18
	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	Ammonias 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	Ammonias 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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1671	1706	1705	1606	1605	1605	1572	1492	1427	1518	1059	1663	1600	1734	1734	1724	1724	1660	1191	1123	1123	1635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								3:56PM 0.30													4:21AM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)			10:34AM 0.04											9:34PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	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	22	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9