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 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Davidson Point HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Pinetrees HAW - Kaua'i	Polihale HAW - Kaua'i	Acid Drops HAW - Kaua'i	Hanalei Bay HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	3.0 E	0.9 SE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	0.9 SSE	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	1.5 E	1.2 NE	0.9 E	1.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	7	10	13	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	2329	1558	135	1335	1680	1698	1599	1937	1626	1771	2141	1578	1933	1937	1120	96	37	82	552	281	153	379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:18PM 0.29	3:29AM 0.73		3:16PM 0.38	3:55AM 0.72		3:56PM 0.43	4:21AM 0.69		4:37PM 0.47	4:46AM 0.64		5:30PM 0.38		5:13AM 0.45	6:25PM 0.41		5:34AM 0.37	7:31PM 0.44		5:48AM 0.30
Low Tide / height (m)	7:58PM 0.05	8:17PM 0.04	10:17AM 0.15		8:56PM 0.05	10:34AM 0.04		9:36PM 0.08	10:56AM 0.12		10:19PM 0.12	11:20AM -0.01		11:08PM 0.07	11:47AM -0.03		12:07AM 0.14	12:16PM -0.04		1:27AM 0.20	12:51PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	3	2	-	-	1	1	-	1	2	2	3	1	1	6	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	2
High °C	23	21	21	22	22	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	22	22	23	23	22	23	23
Low °C	22	20	21	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	21	21	22	21	21	22	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	23	21	21	22	22	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	22	22	23	23	22	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 NW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.2 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	7	13	9	9	15	14	13	11	10	10	10	12	8	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.9 NE	0.3 NW	0.5 S	0.5 NW	0.9 NNE	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	13	11	16	15	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	10	10	7	13	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15					Monday 16								Tuesday 17								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	Polihale 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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 SSW	0.8 SE	3.5 ENE	0.5 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	7	7	13	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1338	68	63	26	93	1973	72	118	135	120	68	1408	1489	1680	1708	1707	1698	1599	1599	1699	1840	1937
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:38PM 0.34				3:29AM 0.73				3:16PM 0.38				3:59AM 0.60				3:56PM 0.30
Low Tide / height (m)	10:08AM 0.19				8:17PM 0.04				10:17AM 0.15				8:53PM -0.05				10:34AM 0.04				9:34PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	25	23	22	21	21	21	20	21	21	22	22	21	22	21	21	21	22	23	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	25	23	22	21	21	21	20	21	21	22	22	21	22	21	21	21	22	23	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 SSW	0.8 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	7	7	13	8	13	8	8	9	9	8	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SE	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	10	13	13	10	14	16	16	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Sunday 15															Monday 16
	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	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	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i	Ammonias HAW - Kaua'i
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 SSW	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1329	82	63	62	71	49	56	64	63	63	26	2521	2470	2424	2424	2213	2052	1973	1759	1718	1589	1512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)							2:38PM 0.34													3:33AM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)		9:59AM 0.17											8:14PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	23	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 NE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9