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Kauai Surf Forecast for May 17, 2023

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Shores Today Thursday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 3-5 2-4 4-6 5-7
West Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 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 around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low -0.3 feet 06:20 AM HST.
High 2.1 feet 02:01 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low -0.3 feet 07:42 AM HST.
High 2.0 feet 03:02 PM HST.
Sunrise 5:57 AM HST.
Sunset 7:11 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Cloudy. Showers with isolated
thunderstorms.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.4 feet 08:13 PM HST.
High 0.9 feet 01:10 AM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.4 feet 09:35 PM HST.
High 0.8 feet 02:11 AM HST.
THURSDAY

Weather Cloudy. Showers with isolated
thunderstorms.
High Temperature In the upper 70s.
Winds Southeast winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low -0.3 feet 06:46 AM HST.
High 2.2 feet 02:38 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low -0.3 feet 08:08 AM HST.
High 2.1 feet 03:39 PM HST.
Sunrise 5:57 AM HST.
Sunset 7:11 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A small, medium-period north swell will decline through today, followed by a small, short-period reinforcing swell late tonight and Thursday. Some of this swell will wrap into exposed eastern shores, but otherwise, east shore surf will be below May average as the nearby trade wind flow will be weaker than normal into Saturday. A small northwest swell is possible early next week, while returning trade winds will increase east shore surf.

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Generally background swell from the southwest and southeast will maintain surf below May average through the next few days. Little source for southerly swell is seen beyond the weekend.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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