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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	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Kealia HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops 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	Infinities 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	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Pinetrees HAW - Kaua'i	Tunnels HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	1	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	0.4 SE	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	0.4 SW	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.6 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.7 E	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	8	13	12	12	11	11	16	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	13	11	11
Energy(?)	1599	1347	996	948	1040	22	1509	986	900	735	507	123	201	287	357	117	336	233	831	503	217	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:51AM 0.69	1:49PM 0.17		3:23AM 0.69		2:22PM 0.17	3:57AM 0.69		3:14PM 0.22	4:31AM 0.68		3:33PM 0.35		5:28AM 0.77	4:38PM 0.17		6:23AM 0.64	6:45PM 0.29		6:13AM 0.59
Low Tide / height (m)	6:34PM -0.05		9:57AM 0.11	7:06PM -0.06		10:30AM 0.11	7:40PM -0.06		12:50PM 0.21		8:13PM -0.05	11:42AM 0.10		9:42PM 0.07	12:46PM 0.28		10:19PM 0.11			10:09PM 0.07	1:25PM 0.07	2:44PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	4	-	-	-	-	1	6	2	2	-	-	-	4	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	26	25	24	25	24	23	24	24	24	25	25	23	23	23	23	24	23	22	24	24
Low °C	25	24	24	25	23	23	24	23	23	24	23	23	24	23	23	23	22	23	22	21	22	23
Chill °C (?)	25	24	26	25	24	25	24	23	24	24	24	25	25	23	23	23	23	24	23	22	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-
Sunset	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	0.4 SE	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.0 N	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 SW	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	8	13	12	12	11	11	11	7	8	15	8	7	11	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 E	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SE	0.4 SW	0.9 E	0.4 NNE	0.9 SSE	1.1 NNE	0.8 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	12	12	11	9	15	14	13	13	8	12	11	8	16	6	9	8	9	9	10	13	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	-	1.6 ESE	-	-	1.1 E	1.7 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	5	6	-	8	-	-	8	8	-	-	-

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun
	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	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Wailua/Horners HAW - Kaua'i	Kealia HAW - Kaua'i	Kealia HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNW	2.1 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 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	1.7 N	0.5 SE	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.9 N
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1778	1806	1599	1483	1386	1190	1242	1134	1190	1055	954	1018	1012	1069	1021	1186	1349	1321	50	1422	1138	1144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 0.18					2:51AM 0.69								3:51AM 0.79				3:19PM 0.27
Low Tide / height (m)	9:27AM 0.12			6:34PM -0.05						11:38AM 0.21		7:06PM -0.06	8:04PM 0.03					12:13PM 0.21		7:40PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	3	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2
Temp. °C	25	25	25	24	23	23	23	24	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	25	24	25	23	23	24
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	24	23	23	23	24	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	25	24	25	23	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NNW	2.1 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 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	1.7 N	0.5 SE	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.9 N
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 E	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 18															Friday 19
	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	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Wailua/Horners HAW - Kaua'i	Kealia HAW - Kaua'i	Kealia HAW - Kaua'i	Cannons HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.0 N	2.1 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.1 N	2.1 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	0.5 S	1.9 N	2.0 N	2.0 N
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1884	1800	1778	1789	1715	1806	1628	1640	1740	1734	1523	1483	1437	1211	1191	1375	1347	1347	14	1171	1242	1259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)						1:13PM 0.18
Low Tide / height (m)		9:27AM 0.12									6:34PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	23	23	23	24
Chill °C (?)	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	23	23	23	24
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.0 N	2.1 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.1 N	2.1 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	0.7 WNW	1.9 N	2.0 N	2.0 N
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 N	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-