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Kauai Surf Forecast for May 16, 2023

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Shores Today Wednesday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 7-10 6-8 5-7 4-6
West Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
East Facing 4-6 3-5 3-5 2-4
TODAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature Around 80.
Winds East winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay High 1.9 feet 01:23 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low -0.2 feet 07:17 AM HST.
High 1.7 feet 02:24 PM HST.
Sunrise 5:57 AM HST.
Sunset 7:10 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the upper 60s.
Winds East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.4 feet 07:12 PM HST.
High 1.1 feet 12:35 AM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.4 feet 08:34 PM HST.
High 1.0 feet 01:36 AM HST.
WEDNESDAY

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.

Swell Summary

The current north swell is slowly declining and will continue to do so through Wednesday night. A new moderate short-to-medium period northeast (020-030 deg) swell will build Wednesday night and peak on Thursday providing a boost to surf along north and select east facing shores.

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A series of south swells will maintain small surf along south-facing shores into next week. The ongoing small, long period southwest (220 deg) swell be mixed by a long period southeast (150 deg) swell by Wednesday night. Into the weekend, another small, long period south (200 deg) swell will continue to keep surf slightly below the summertime average.

Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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