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Kauai Surf Forecast for October 18, 2023

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HIGH SURF WARNING FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES


Shores Today Thursday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 20-30 20-25 12-16 10-15
West Facing 15-20 14-18 8-12 8-12
South Facing 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-7
East Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
TODAY

Weather Mostly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.7 feet 12:25 PM HST.
High 0.9 feet 03:13 PM HST.
Nawiliwili High 2.1 feet 06:17 AM HST.
Low 0.8 feet 01:47 PM HST.
High 0.8 feet 04:14 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:35 AM HST.
Sunset 6:11 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the lower 70s.
Winds Northeast winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.1 feet 09:30 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.1 feet 10:52 PM HST.
THURSDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds Northeast winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay High 2.2 feet 06:15 AM HST.
Nawiliwili High 2.0 feet 07:16 AM HST.
Sunrise 6:35 AM HST.
Sunset 6:10 PM HST.

Swell Summary

The first large northwest to north-northwest swell of the season peaked overnight, which is generating surf above warning levels for exposed north and west facing shores of the smaller islands and to the advisory level for west facing shores of the Big Island this morning. Expect this to hold today, then lower to advisory levels tonight through Thursday as this swell slowly eases and shifts out of the north. Surf along south facing shores will hold above the October average through the rest of the week as overlapping south-southwest swells move through. A fresh long-period, south-southwest swell is expected to gradually fill in through the day today, then peak Thursday through Friday. Surf will ease into the weekend as this swell moves out. Surf along east facing shores will remain small through Thursday, then pick up Friday due to a moderate short-period, northeast swell. This northeast swell will quickly ease Saturday.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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