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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	Sun		Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Gillin's HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Pakalas HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Infinities HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSE	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 NW	0.4 SSE	0.6 NW	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	14	13	12	12	12	7	9	11	9	10	8	16	17	15	14	14	15
Energy(?)	184	195	60	385	481	445	436	322	286	192	42	62	113	43	134	40	76	429	272	210	229	192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			12:11PM 0.59		10:55PM 0.23	12:56PM 0.64		12:26AM 0.25	1:33PM 0.68		1:28AM 0.22	1:15PM 0.70		12:59AM 0.32		2:30PM 0.67	2:23AM 0.35		2:15PM 0.70	2:20AM 0.45		2:43PM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)		2:57AM 0.16			9:19PM 4:33AM 0.23 0.14			8:48PM 0.21	5:45AM 0.12		9:12PM 0.14	5:21AM 0.04	7:43PM 0.13		7:10AM 0.07		9:25PM 0.16	7:57AM 0.08		8:17PM 0.09	7:38AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	26	27	27	26	27	27	26	27	27	26	27	27	25	27	27	25	27	27	25	27	27
Low °C	26	24	26	26	25	25	26	24	25	27	24	25	27	24	25	27	24	25	27	24	25	26
Chill °C (?)	27	26	27	27	26	27	27	26	27	27	26	27	27	25	27	27	25	27	27	25	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:54	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	8	11	11	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	6	8	7	17	8	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 NW	0.8 ESE	0.8 NW	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 SSE	0.6 NW	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	13	13	10	16	6	14	9	9	8	8	7	9	8	9	10	5	5	9	15	5	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	7	4	5	5	5	9	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	-	-	-	8	6	-	6	5

	Sunday 31					Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed
	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	Gillin's 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	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	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 N	1.2 ESE	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	9	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	152	129	184	147	163	208	107	211	211	192	290	406	413	481	541	507	489	443	424	384	372	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:07AM 0.55								12:16PM 0.57			10:28PM 0.20					12:57PM 0.61				11:38PM 0.23
Low Tide / height (m)							2:57AM 0.16					7:51PM 0.16			4:15AM 0.13					7:29PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	25	27	26	26	25	24	24	25	25	27	26	27	25	25	24
Chill °C (?)	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	25	27	26	26	25	24	24	25	25	27	26	27	25	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 N	0.7 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	16	16	8	8	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.2 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	4	4	-	5	5	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	4	12

	Sunday 31															Monday 01
	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	Gillin's 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	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	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 NNW	0.6 SSE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	154	152	152	151	151	129	127	184	184	79	116	107	99	96	62	62	62	62	72	62	62	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				11:07AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	24	24	25
Chill °C (?)	26	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	24	24	25
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	3	7	8	8	7	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5