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Kauai Surf Forecast for May 20, 2024

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HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR SOUTH FACING SHORES


Shores Today Tuesday
Surf Surf
AM PM AM PM
North Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
West Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
South Facing 6-10 6-9 4-6 2-4
East Facing 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4
TODAY

Weather Partly sunny. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay High 1.9 feet 01:42 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low -0.1 feet 07:20 AM HST.
High 1.7 feet 02:43 PM HST.
Sunrise 5:56 AM HST.
Sunset 7:12 PM HST.
TONIGHT

Weather Partly cloudy until 12 AM, then mostly
cloudy. Scattered showers.
Low Temperature In the lower 70s.
Winds East winds around 10 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low 0.4 feet 07:52 PM HST.
High 0.8 feet 12:36 AM HST.
Nawiliwili Low 0.5 feet 09:14 PM HST.
High 0.8 feet 01:37 AM HST.
TUESDAY

Weather Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers.
High Temperature In the mid 80s.
Winds East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tides
Hanalei Bay Low -0.2 feet 06:20 AM HST.
High 2.0 feet 02:13 PM HST.
Nawiliwili Low -0.2 feet 07:42 AM HST.
High 1.9 feet 03:14 PM HST.
Sunrise 5:56 AM HST.
Sunset 7:13 PM HST.

Swell Summary

Surf along south-facing shores will remain at or near advisory heights through early afternoon. Recent south shore buoy observations of around 3 to 4 feet, near 16-18 second swell, along with spectral density plots showing additional long period energy reaching southern shores this morning, will maintain High Surf Advisory (HSA) level surf through the early afternoon hours. While south energy will be fading through the day, the HSA has been extended through the afternoon to account for the passage of the tail end of this energy. As the south swell fades, south shore surf is forecast to wane from tonight through the middle of the week. The weekend's small northwest swell will subside through the day with resultant north shore surf falling to near flat from Tuesday into the weekend. East chop will remain steady through early week. There may be a slight mid to late week uptick in wind wave action as trades strengthen a bit over and upstream of the islands.

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Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com

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