Kaua‘i Surf

Kauai Surf Forecast for April 26, 2026

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Shores Tonight Sunday
Surf Surf
PM AM AM PM
North Facing 7-10 7-10 7-10 6-8
West Facing 5-7 5-7 5-7 4-6
South Facing 1-3 1-3 2-4 2-4
East Facing 3-5 2-4 2-4 2-4
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly sunny until 6 PM, then mostly
cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds East winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to
around 5 mph after midnight.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.3 feet 03:57 PM HST.
High 1.6 feet 11:07 PM HST.
Low 0.0 feet 05:39 AM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.3 feet 05:19 PM HST.
High 1.5 feet 12:08 AM HST.
SUNDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the lower 80s.
Winds East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay High 1.1 feet 12:16 PM HST.
Low 0.3 feet 05:12 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.0 feet 07:01 AM HST.
High 1.0 feet 01:17 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:09 AM HST.
Sunset 7:02 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A medium-period northwest swell peaks tonight into Sunday, producing small to moderate surf for north and west-facing shores, before gradually declining through early next week. A hurricane-force low tracking across the Aleutian Islands tonight should send a moderate northwest swell towards Hawaii around the middle of next week.

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Short-period northeasterly energy is beginning to decrease this afternoon, which will keep below average surf along eastern exposures for the first half of next week due to the lack of any strong trade wind activity. Locally strong trade winds could return during the latter half of next week, which could bring rough and choppy surf with near normal wave heights.

Small background energy from the west will continue to linger through today and fade out on Sunday. A small southwest bump from the Tasman Sea is expected to slowly fill in tonight and peak on Sunday. No significant south swell is expected through the first half of next week. A fetch of gales passing east of New Zealand today could produce a small south-southwest swell for next weekend.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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