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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	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	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	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Wailua/Horners HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Inside Poipu HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	5	1	4	4	4	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	2.4 N	0.5 S	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.3 E	0.7 S	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	16	15	13	12	13	12	16	16	15	14	13	12	16	14	14	13	6	16	7
Energy(?)	825	846	1131	2066	2540	1373	1010	769	538	197	224	189	194	154	2422	127	3026	2936	2359	221	436	602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:14PM 0.39		2:42AM 0.80	1:50PM 0.33		3:27AM 0.83		2:26PM 0.27	4:15AM 0.83	5:06AM 0.76	3:16PM 0.23		5:58AM 0.74	3:52PM 0.20		6:05AM 0.76	5:11PM 0.17		7:55AM 0.65	7:14PM 0.17		8:11AM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)		6:56PM -0.06		9:00AM 0.15	7:28PM -0.08		11:47AM 0.22		8:02PM -0.08	1:13PM 0.22		9:38PM -0.00			9:22PM -0.02		2:37PM 0.14	10:09PM 0.02		3:32PM 0.12	11:13PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	25	26	26	25	26	26	25	26	25	24	26	25	24	25	25	24	26	26	24	25
Low °C	25	25	24	24	25	24	24	25	24	24	25	23	24	24	23	24	25	23	24	26	23	24
Chill °C (?)	26	26	25	26	26	25	26	26	25	26	25	24	26	25	24	25	25	24	26	26	24	25
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	5:59	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 NNW	2.4 N	2.0 N	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE
Period (s)	12	13	13	16	15	13	12	13	12	10	10	9	9	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	1.6 NNW	0.5 NE	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SE	1.6 NW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NNW	0.5 S	0.8 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	7	16	15	6	6	8	8	15	14	9	13	12	11	10	10	14	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	-	8	7	5	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	-	5	-	-	-	6	6	7

	Tuesday 04							Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kauai	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	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	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	0.9 NNW	1.6 N	1.6 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	13	13	14	14	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	914	871	825	824	846	820	1040	1108	1203	1558	2066	3062	2533	2065	1664	1371	1274	1269	989	867	769	784
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	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:14PM 0.39					2:42AM 0.80				2:22PM 0.31				3:27AM 0.83				2:26PM 0.27
Low Tide / height (m)		7:59AM 0.15				6:56PM -0.06	8:01PM -0.01				10:36AM 0.22			7:28PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	26	26	25	24	25	24	24	24	26	26	26	24	23	23	23	24	26	27	25	25
Chill °C (?)	24	25	26	26	25	24	25	24	24	24	26	26	26	24	23	23	23	24	26	27	25	25
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.1 N	1.6 N	1.6 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	13	13	14	14	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 N	0.6 E	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NNW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 N	1.6 NNW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 NW	0.3 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	15	8	8	8	14	8	8	8	16	12	7	7	7	16	16	8	8	15	8	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	8	8	8	7	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	-	-

	Tuesday 04																					Wed
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kauai	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	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	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.7 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.9 NNW	1.2 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.5 N
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	14	11	13	13	13
Energy(?)	887	902	914	827	954	871	936	828	825	868	854	836	776	839	846	699	848	820	786	996	993	979
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)												1:49PM 0.36
Low Tide / height (m)						7:59AM 0.15											6:56PM -0.06		8:01PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	25	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	25	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.7 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.5 N
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	15	15	15	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	14	14	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	8