Kaua‘i Surf

Kauai Surf Forecast for September 25, 2026

Published September 24, 2026 • 8:00 PM HST
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Shores Tonight Friday
Surf Surf
PM AM AM PM
North Facing 3-5 3-5 2-4 2-4
West Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
East Facing 5-7 5-7 6-8 6-8
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 70s.
Winds Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.3 feet 07:28 PM HST.
High 1.6 feet 01:50 AM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.3 feet 08:50 PM HST.
High 1.5 feet 02:51 AM HST.
FRIDAY

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the upper 80s.
Winds East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.3 feet 07:14 AM HST.
High 1.9 feet 01:57 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.4 feet 08:36 AM HST.
High 1.8 feet 02:58 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:27 AM HST.
Sunset 6:32 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Updated to change wording from Tropical Storm Nolo to Hurricane Nolo.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD

For the western islands, the current small south swell will continue to fade as another small overlapping southwest swell builds in from Friday into the weekend. Meanwhile, Hurricane Nolo will likely produce a southerly swell reaching advisory thresholds for exposed south facing shorelines, initially for the Big Island, then potentially expanding westward across the state later this weekend. Additionally, strong trades will likely result in advisory level surf for east- facing shores for the eastern islands tonight into Friday, potentially expanding to remaining islands later Friday into the weekend as winds continue to expand westward. Based on buoy and surf observations this afternoon, a High Surf Advisory has been issued for east facing shores of Molokai and Maui and for east and southeast shores of the Big Island.

A new small, long period, northwest swell will fill in this weekend keeping surf slightly elevated along north and west facing shores into early next week.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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