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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	Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kauai	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 N	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 NNE	0.6 SE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.5 SE	1.3 E	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	12	11	11	18	16	7	7	7	9	8	11	11	7	7	12	11	11	10	10	15
Energy(?)	1233	1467	971	843	723	111	139	401	486	425	473	111	288	218	21	228	611	559	537	294	151	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:22PM 0.17	4:49AM 0.70		2:57PM 0.16			3:40PM 0.17		5:06AM 0.66	4:38PM 0.17		5:39AM 0.63	6:31PM 0.24		6:51AM 0.60		8:26PM 0.28	7:19AM 0.54		9:52PM 0.40	8:07AM 0.51
Low Tide / height (m)	11:02AM 0.30	7:40PM -0.06	8:43PM 0.02	11:05AM 0.10		9:15PM 0.03	11:42AM 0.10		8:48PM -0.03	12:19PM 0.10		9:25PM 0.01	12:53PM 0.09	2:19PM 0.18	10:55PM 0.17		2:44PM 0.16	11:45PM 0.25		3:10PM 0.14	2:03AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	-	1	2	-	2	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	26	23	25	26	23	25	24	23	23	25	23	24	25	23	24	24	22	24	25	23	24
Low °C	23	25	23	24	25	23	24	24	22	23	25	22	23	24	22	21	23	21	21	24	22	22
Chill °C (?)	25	26	23	25	26	23	25	24	23	23	25	23	24	25	23	24	24	22	24	25	23	24
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15
Sunset	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 N	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	0.5 SE	1.2 NNE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.6 NNE	0.6 SE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 NNE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	11	13	12	11	11	8	11	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	11	12	7	7	11	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 E	0.4 SW	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.1 E	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	11	16	16	16	15	7	14	11	11	7	6	12	11	7	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SE	-	0.7 E	1.3 E	0.6 SE	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	1.5 E	1.3 E	-	-	1.3 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	8	5	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	-	8	7	-	-	7	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Monday 22
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kauai	Wailua/Horners HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale 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	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	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.5 E	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	16
Energy(?)	1012	1040	1201	1215	1233	1281	1467	1422	1121	971	895	862	785	734	723	609	529	497	497	468	320	162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:15AM 0.70				2:22PM 0.17				3:57AM 0.69				3:14PM 0.22					5:22AM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)	8:04PM 0.03				10:30AM 0.11	12:13PM 0.21		7:40PM -0.06						12:50PM 0.21			9:15PM 0.03					12:50PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	24	23	24	23	25	25	25	23	23	23	23	23	25	26	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	24	23	24	23	25	25	25	23	23	23	23	23	25	26	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	0.6 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 WNW	0.8 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.1 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	8	-	8	5	5	6	6	7	6	7

	Friday 19			Saturday 20
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kauai	Wailua/Horners HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale 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	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	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	2.0 N	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	7	7
Energy(?)	1065	983	998	986	997	1040	949	990	990	990	1236	1215	1171	1351	1254	1319	1299	1281	1281	1509	55	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:23AM 0.69											2:37PM 0.22
Low Tide / height (m)	8:04PM 0.03																12:13PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	24
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	2.0 N	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 WNW	0.5 E	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	16	9	9	15	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-