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Kauai Surf Forecast for November 19, 2022

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Shores Today Sunday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 4-6 5-7 8-12 10-14
West Facing 2-4 2-4 5-7 6-8
South Facing 2-4 1-3 1-3 2-4
East Facing 2-4 2-4 3-5 3-5
TODAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay High 1.5 feet 11:14 AM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 05:31 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.7 feet 06:34 AM HST.
High 1.4 feet 12:15 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:51 AM HST.
Sunset 5:54 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature Around 70.
Winds East winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay High 1.7 feet 12:46 AM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.1 feet 06:53 PM HST.
High 1.6 feet 01:47 AM HST.
SUNDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.6 feet 06:13 AM HST.
High 1.4 feet 11:50 AM HST.
Low 0.0 feet 05:51 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.7 feet 07:35 AM HST.
High 1.3 feet 12:51 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:52 AM HST.
Sunset 5:54 PM HST.

Swell Summary

The current 3 foot, medium period north swell (350 degrees) will continue to fall through the day. The next similar size, medium period west northwest swell (310 degrees) will build in Sunday and peak late Sunday night into Monday. At its peak, this swell will produce near double head high to approach low end (~15 foot) advisory level surf. This may prompt a Monday short fuse High Surf Advisory. A long fetch created along the backside of a gale low over the West Aleutians Monday, in tandem with a strong northwest push behind an aggressive late Wednesday into Thanksgiving Day cold frontal passage, will be the source(s) for a large, medium period northwest north swell (330-360 degrees) that is scheduled to reach the islands around Thanksgiving Day. The peak of this swell that will likely produce High category surf will coincide with the month's higher high tides. This may exacerbate overwash issues within lower lying coastal regions along north-facing shorelines late next week. South-facing shore surf will be trailing off today as the latest very small south swell fades. Choppy, more rough conditions will trend up along east-facing shores the next few days as the islands will be under a robust trade flow.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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