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Kauai Surf Forecast for December 13, 2022

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Shores Today Wednesday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 6-8 5-7 4-6 4-6
West Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2
East Facing 5-7 5-7 4-6 3-5
TODAY

Weather Mostly cloudy until 12 PM, then mostly
sunny. Showers likely.
High Temperature In the upper 70s.
Winds East winds around 15 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay High 1.9 feet 06:15 AM HST.
Low 0.4 feet 02:19 PM HST.
Nawiliwili High 1.8 feet 07:16 AM HST.
Low 0.4 feet 03:41 PM HST.
Sunrise 7:07 AM HST.
Sunset 5:56 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 60s.
Winds East winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay High 0.5 feet 06:24 PM HST.
Low 0.3 feet 10:10 PM HST.
Nawiliwili High 0.5 feet 07:25 PM HST.
Low 0.4 feet 11:32 PM HST.
WEDNESDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the upper 70s.
Winds East winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay High 1.8 feet 06:56 AM HST.
Low 0.3 feet 02:54 PM HST.
Nawiliwili High 1.7 feet 07:57 AM HST.
Low 0.3 feet 04:16 PM HST.
Sunrise 7:08 AM HST.
Sunset 5:56 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A series of small size, medium period northwest to north swells will result in small rises to the surf along north and west-facing shores through Wednesday. A large northwest swell arriving Friday has the potential to lift surf to near High Surf Warning levels along many north and west-facing shores. In the long term, model guidance has been consistently bringing in a large, medium period northwest swell from a relatively close, favorable island direction long gale fetch source early next week. If this swell does materialize, it has a high chance of producing solid warning level surf for most north and western island exposures. Strong trades will keep eastern shore surf slightly elevated through the day. Rough eastern nearshore water conditions will noticeably improve through mid-week in response to weakening winds. South-facing shore surf will remain small with only background south swell energy passing through the next several days.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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