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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	Fri		Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay 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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Tunnels HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Tunnels HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	1.9 ENE	2.3 E	0.7 SE	2.1 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	0.9 SSE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	0.9 SE	0.4 NW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	7	8	7	7	9	9	8	9	9	7	11	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	64	495	863	49	674	64	67	1922	1209	120	1276	1126	108	31	1405	1488	2800	3748	3369	4474	1517	1144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:30AM 0.66	2:00PM 0.30		3:02AM 0.73		2:38PM 0.34	3:29AM 0.73		3:16PM 0.38	3:55AM 0.72		3:56PM 0.43	4:21AM 0.69		4:37PM 0.47	4:35AM 0.58		5:22PM 0.51		5:10AM 0.58	6:11PM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)	6:35PM 0.07		9:44AM 0.19	7:37PM 0.05		9:59AM 0.17		8:17PM 0.04	10:14AM 0.07		8:56PM 0.05	10:36AM 0.13		9:36PM 0.08	10:56AM 0.12		10:01PM 0.14	11:18AM 0.10		11:05PM 0.18	11:41AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	2	2	2	-	1	2	2	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	2	2
High °C	23	22	22	22	22	23	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	21	22	22	21	22	23
Low °C	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	21	21	22	21	21	24	21	21	22	21	20	23
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	22	22	23	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	21	22	22	21	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 NW	0.7 SE	1.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SE	2.3 ENE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	2.4 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E
Period (s)	7	7	14	7	10	7	7	8	16	8	15	14	7	9	11	13	9	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.6 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NW	0.8 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.1 NE	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	14	15	14	13	7	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	11	16	11	12	12	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	2.3 E	2.4 ENE	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	0.4 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	3	9	10	9	10	10	10	8	9

	Friday 13					Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Mon
	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	Polihale 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	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	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay 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
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.7 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	2.5 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	8	8
Energy(?)	594	855	64	66	414	91	84	64	1167	71	49	47	57	59	66	65	54	67	67	26	108	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:53PM 0.23					2:32AM 0.70			2:00PM 0.30					3:02AM 0.73				2:38PM 0.34
Low Tide / height (m)	9:54AM 0.20			6:54PM 0.08					9:46AM 0.11			7:37PM 0.05					10:08AM 0.19				8:17PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	24	22	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	24	22	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	7	7	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.8 SE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	7	10	10	10	9	9

	Friday 13															Saturday 14
	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	Polihale 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	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	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Majors Bay 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
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.7 E	0.8 SSE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	792	738	382	375	124	124	121	66	412	66	395	66	386	414	414	420	38	91	91	84	84	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						1:19PM 0.27													2:32AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)		9:54AM 0.20									6:54PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	8	8	14	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 E	-	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.4 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	3	8	8	8	8	8