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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	Sat		Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops 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	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Tunnels HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.7 NW	0.7 SE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	3.0 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	13	8	13	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	7	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	39	205	77	26	120	161	1192	1649	1568	1567	1219	222	275	251	251	192	136	2520	1020	765	1598	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:02AM 0.73		2:38PM 0.34	3:29AM 0.73		2:58PM 0.32	3:49AM 0.66		4:07PM 0.24	4:21AM 0.69		4:37PM 0.47	4:46AM 0.64		5:30PM 0.38		5:10AM 0.58	6:11PM 0.55		5:34AM 0.37	7:31PM 0.44
Low Tide / height (m)	7:37PM 0.05		9:59AM 0.17		8:17PM 0.04	10:17AM 0.15		8:37PM 0.06	10:37AM 0.16		9:36PM 0.08	10:56AM 0.12		10:19PM 0.12	11:18AM 0.10		11:05PM 0.18	11:41AM 0.09		11:59PM 0.25	12:16PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	2	3	-	-	4	-	-	3	1	1	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	22	22	23	23	21	23	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	23	21	24	23
Low °C	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	21	21	22	21	21	22	21	21	22	21	21	23	21	21	23
Chill °C (?)	22	22	23	23	21	23	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	23	21	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	2.2 ENE	0.7 SE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 SE	2.3 ENE	1.2 SSE	2.1 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	10	8	13	8	9	8	15	14	13	13	10	9	10	9	8	7	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.2 SE	0.6 NE	1.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NNE	0.7 NW	1.3 NE
Period (s)	13	13	14	11	13	16	15	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	10	10	11	11	10	11	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	-	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 E	-	2.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	-	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	-	9	9	9	9	-	9	-

	Saturday 14					Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tue
	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	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops 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	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops 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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	2.4 NE	2.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	3.0 ENE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	9	7	7	13	12	10	10	13	13	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	40	59	39	91	65	49	161	133	1281	895	26	26	108	120	123	1540	161	150	106	113	1552	1649
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:00PM 0.30					2:58AM 0.68				2:38PM 0.34				3:29AM 0.73				3:16PM 0.38
Low Tide / height (m)	9:44AM 0.19			7:37PM 0.05					10:08AM 0.19				8:17PM 0.04				10:17AM 0.15				8:53PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	23	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	24	25	22	21	21	21	21	21	23	22	22	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	24	25	22	21	21	21	21	21	23	22	22	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	2.2 ENE	2.3 NE	2.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	7	9	7	7	10	10	10	10	13	13	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.7 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	11	10	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	0.4 E	0.8 SE	2.1 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	3	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Saturday 14															Sunday 15
	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	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops 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	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops 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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	2.5 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	7	8	9	8	8	7	9	7	7	7	7	10	10
Energy(?)	44	40	40	40	59	59	398	398	392	76	69	91	82	73	65	1213	51	49	49	68	1232	1264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						2:00PM 0.30														3:02AM 0.73
Low Tide / height (m)		9:44AM 0.19										7:37PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	23	23	23	22	24	24	24	23	22	21	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	23	23	23	23	22	24	24	24	23	22	21	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.0 NE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	9	9	9	10	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	0.8 SE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10