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 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07
	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	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Tunnels HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons 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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Kalihiwai HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	3	2	2	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 N	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.1 N	1.9 E	1.4 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.2 E	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	8	11	7	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	8	8	9	8	16	15	14	13
Energy(?)	1027	251	282	651	356	1256	1261	1186	788	843	563	466	396	460	307	809	1321	886	1968	1402	1071	795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:37AM 0.78	1:35PM 0.27		2:24AM 0.82	1:56PM 0.22		4:01AM 0.80		2:52PM 0.22	4:43AM 0.84		3:48PM 0.24		5:21AM 0.80	4:47PM 0.25		6:12AM 0.55	5:54PM 0.27		5:37AM 0.60	6:24PM 0.27
Low Tide / height (m)		10:05AM 0.20	6:07PM -0.13		11:12AM 0.19	7:59PM -0.04		11:44AM 0.07		9:05PM -0.03	11:58AM 0.16		9:28PM 0.01	12:33PM 0.15		10:10PM 0.07	1:29PM 0.06		9:53PM 0.03	12:22PM 0.05		10:43PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	11	2	6	14	2	-	2	-	-	2
High °C	23	25	25	23	24	23	21	23	24	22	21	20	21	23	23	23	23	24	22	23	24	22
Low °C	22	22	24	22	22	22	21	21	23	21	20	20	20	22	23	22	23	23	21	21	23	21
Chill °C (?)	23	25	25	23	24	23	21	23	24	22	21	20	21	23	23	23	23	24	22	23	24	22
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.1 N	1.4 NNE	1.4 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.2 NE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.7 E	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	14	9	9	8	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.6 NNE	0.4 SE	0.9 NE	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 NW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.7 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 NE	0.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	14	13	7	7	7	7	7	11	7	7	7	13	12	18	16	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.9 E	1.6 ENE	-	1.5 E	-	1.2 E	-	0.5 S	-	1.2 E	1.5 E	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	7	8	-	7	-	6	-	3	-	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	-

	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01								Friday 02								Saturday 03
	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	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops 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	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Pinetrees HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	2	2	0	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 N	0.4 SW	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.4 SSW	1.2 N	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N
Period(s) (?)	14	16	13	13	13	12	12	8	8	15	15	6	6	14	12	7	7	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1658	108	1294	1162	938	686	597	255	282	75	96	232	228	81	748	367	346	1004	1274	1261	1150	1349
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:41AM 0.79	2:37AM 0.78			1:44PM 0.14					3:19AM 0.80			1:56PM 0.22	2:42PM 0.14				3:07AM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)		6:41PM -0.01					10:40AM 0.21			7:31PM -0.04						11:12AM 0.19		7:59PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	22	22	23	22	22	25	24	24	22	22	23	22	22	24	24	23	23	21	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	25	22	22	23	22	22	25	24	24	22	22	23	22	22	24	24	23	23	21	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16
Sunset	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 N	0.6 SE	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.4 N	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	1.3 N	1.0 N	0.7 WNW	1.8 ENE	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.6 E	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N
Period (s)	14	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	15	11	11	14	7	12	12	12	7	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NW	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.1 NE	0.7 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NNE	0.4 SSW	1.2 N	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.5 ENE	1.5 N	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	12	13	12	8	8	8	7	7	7	15	15	15	8	14	12	14	14	8	12	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	-	-	0.9 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	-	1.9 E	1.8 E	-	-	-	-	1.5 E
Period (s)	8	6	8	-	-	6	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	7

	Wednesday 31									Thursday 01
	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	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops 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	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Pinetrees HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	2	2	0	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 N	0.6 SE	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 N	1.9 N	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 E	1.7 N	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.3 N
Period(s) (?)	14	8	14	14	14	13	13	11	11	8	8	16	16	8	13	8	8	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1569	43	1669	1494	1426	1362	1342	55	40	292	289	82	81	259	938	244	246	686	805	721	712	712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													2:37AM 0.78
Low Tide / height (m)				5:19PM -0.11	6:23PM -0.02														8:50AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	25	24	24	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	25	24	24	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 N	0.6 SE	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.6 N	1.6 N	0.5 SE	1.7 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.3 N
Period (s)	14	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	7	13	13	7	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NNW	0.8 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.8 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	8	8	8	11	11	13	13	7	7	12	8	7	7	8	6	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 NE	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	5	8	8	6	6	6	5	5	8	8	5	5	8	-	8	8	6	8	7	7	7