Kauai Surf Forecast for January 08, 2024
Photo Credit: tatonomusic
| Shores | Today | Tuesday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surf | Surf | |||
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 6-8 | 8-12 | 15-20 | 15-20 |
| West Facing | 3-5 | 6-8 | 8-12 | 8-12 |
| South Facing | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| East Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 3-5 |
| Weather | Cloudy. Showers with isolated thunderstorms. |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Temperature | In the lower 80s. | |||||||||
| Winds | Breezy. Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph. | |||||||||
|
||||||||||
| Sunrise | 7:18 AM HST. | |||||||||
| Sunset | 6:10 PM HST. | |||||||||
| Weather | Cloudy. Numerous showers with isolated thunderstorms. |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Temperature | In the mid 60s. | |||||||
| Winds | Southwest winds around 20 mph. | |||||||
|
||||||||
| Weather | Partly sunny. Isolated showers. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Temperature | In the lower 80s. | ||||||||
| Winds | West winds 15 to 20 mph. | ||||||||
|
|||||||||
| Sunrise | 7:18 AM HST. | ||||||||
| Sunset | 6:10 PM HST. | ||||||||
Swell Summary
A small NNW swell will continue to slowly decline today, but a new (relatively small) longer-period NW swell will gradually build along exposed shores on Kauai and Oahu.
A slow-moving low will lead to what is expected to be a large, short- lived, medium period NNW (330-340 degrees) swell that will build (mainly across the W end of the chain) tonight into Tuesday. Surf will likely exceed the High Surf Advisory level along N facing shores of Kauai and Oahu. Forecast confidence decreases later in the week as there is uncertainty in the location and intensity of another surface low that could develop closer to the islands, potentially producing a large, short-to medium-period N swell.
A fetch of persistent trade winds E of the islands is sending short- to medium-period swell that will gradually diminish through Tuesday. While the source for this E swell will fade, some E shores will experience periods of larger surf as the N swell wraps in. Surf along S facing shores will be unusually choppy until winds shift to the W Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com
Sponsored Content
