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Kauai Surf Forecast for March 18, 2024

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Shores Today Tuesday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 10-14 8-12 8-12 10-14
West Facing 7-10 5-7 5-7 7-11
South Facing 3-5 3-5 3-5 2-4
East Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
TODAY

Weather Partly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the mid 70s.
Winds East winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.2 feet 06:58 AM HST.
High 0.4 feet 11:15 AM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 03:26 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.2 feet 08:20 AM HST.
High 0.3 feet 12:16 PM HST.
Low 0.1 feet 04:48 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:42 AM HST.
Sunset 6:48 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers.
Low Temperature In the mid 60s.
Winds East winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay High 1.7 feet 11:48 PM HST.
Nawiliwili High 1.6 feet 12:49 AM HST.
TUESDAY

Weather Partly sunny. Isolated showers.
High Temperature In the mid 70s.
Winds East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.1 feet 07:07 AM HST.
High 0.5 feet 12:06 PM HST.
Low 0.0 feet 04:39 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.2 feet 08:29 AM HST.
High 0.5 feet 01:07 PM HST.
Sunrise 6:41 AM HST.
Sunset 6:48 PM HST.

Swell Summary

A few overlapping northwest swells are scheduled to arrive this week. The latest moderate size, long period northwest (310-320 degree) swell peaked surf to near or slightly under High Surf Advisory (HSA) thresholds along most north and west-facing Kauai-to-Maui shores last night into early morning. This swell will decline through the afternoon and into Tuesday to then be followed by a slightly larger northwest (310-330 degree) swell building in Tuesday night. As a result, the arrival of this high end moderate size, long period swell will likely produce mid week advisory level north and west- facing shore surf. North and west shore surf will fall below HSA heights Thursday. A moderate size northwest (310 degree) swell is due next weekend. A weak pulse of early season, south southwest (200 degree) swell has been passing through the past day or so. Expect this inconsistent swell to peak south-facing shore surf at slightly above March averages today, then gradually decline through Wednesday. East shore surf will remain small through the middle of the week. There will be a slight pick up in chop later this week in response to strengthened trades.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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