Kaua‘i Surf

Kauai Surf Forecast for July 17, 2026

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Shores Tonight Friday
Surf Surf
PM AM AM PM
North Facing 2-4 1-3 1-3 1-3
West Facing 3-5 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 3-5
East Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
TONIGHT

Weather Partly cloudy until 12 AM, then mostly
cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 70s.
Winds East winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay High 2.4 feet 04:43 PM HST.
Low 0.3 feet 11:16 PM HST.
High 1.0 feet 04:56 AM HST.
Nawiliwili High 2.3 feet 05:44 PM HST.
Low 0.3 feet 12:38 AM HST.
High 1.0 feet 05:57 AM HST.
FRIDAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the upper 80s.
Winds East winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.2 feet 09:45 AM HST.
High 2.2 feet 05:17 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.2 feet 11:07 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:04 AM HST.
Sunset 7:23 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A small, long-period WNW swell holds steady tonight along north and west shores before fading Friday and dropping north shores to flat/tiny by the weekend.

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Meanwhile, south-facing shores remain slightly below average as old SW and WNW swells fade, but a fresh SSW swell arriving late Friday will briefly boost surf back to near average. A larger, moderate south swell is expected to build Sunday through early next week, bringing potentially above-average (though sub-advisory) waves to south shores.

On east-facing shores, strengthening trade winds will make surf slightly bigger and choppy this weekend, with a potential small-to- moderate swell arriving early-to-mid next week from Tropical Storm Elida.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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