Kauai Surf Forecast for January 31, 2024
Photo Credit: A Goeller
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES
| Shores | Today | Thursday | ||
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| Surf | Surf | |||
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 14-18 | 10-15 | 9-12 | 9-12 |
| West Facing | 12-16 | 9-12 | 6-8 | 6-8 |
| South Facing | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| East Facing | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| Weather | Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers. |
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| High Temperature | Around 80. | |||||||
| Winds | West winds around 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. |
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| Sunrise | 7:16 AM HST. | |||||||
| Sunset | 6:25 PM HST. | |||||||
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. |
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| Low Temperature | In the mid 60s. | |||||||||
| Winds | Northwest winds around 10 mph. | |||||||||
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| Weather | Partly sunny. A chance of showers. | |||||||
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| High Temperature | In the upper 70s. | |||||||
| Winds | North winds 5 to 10 mph. | |||||||
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| Sunrise | 7:16 AM HST. | |||||||
| Sunset | 6:25 PM HST. | |||||||
Swell Summary
A large medium period northwest swell is slowly declining, however this swell continues to produce advisory level surf along most north and west facing shores of the smaller islands and along west facing shores of the Big Island. Surf heights will decline below High Surf Advisory levels later this evening for most areas with lingering advisory level surf along west facing shores of the Big Island through Thursday.
As the north-northwest swell eases through Thursday, guidance shows a mix of a moderate north to north-northeast and west- northwest swell moving through the region. The first northerly swell is from a Hurricane Force low near the Gulf of Alaska with a fetch partially directed towards the Hawaiian Islands. This swell will likely result in advisory level surf for most exposed coasts from Friday into the weekend, with warning level surf possible for exposed north facing shores of the Big Island over the weekend.
Small surf along east facing shores will rapidly build from Friday into the weekend due to the rising north-northeast swell and strong trade winds. South shore surf will remain small through early next week.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com
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