Kauai Surf Forecast for January 17, 2025
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HIGH SURF WARNING FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES
| Shores | Today | Saturday | ||
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| Surf | Surf | |||
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 20-30 | 25-35 | 25-35 | 20-30 |
| West Facing | 15-20 | 18-22 | 15-20 | 15-20 |
| South Facing | 3-5 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 |
| East Facing | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 |
| Weather | Cloudy until 8 AM, then mostly sunny. Numerous showers. |
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| High Temperature | In the upper 70s. | ||||||||
| Winds | North winds around 10 mph. | ||||||||
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| Sunrise | 7:19 AM HST. | ||||||||
| Sunset | 6:16 PM HST. | ||||||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. | ||||||||
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| Low Temperature | In the mid 60s. | ||||||||
| Winds | North winds around 10 mph. | ||||||||
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| Weather | Mostly sunny. Isolated showers. | |||||||
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| High Temperature | In the upper 70s. | |||||||
| Winds | Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. | |||||||
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| Sunrise | 7:19 AM HST. | |||||||
| Sunset | 6:16 PM HST. | |||||||
Swell Summary
A large, long period west-northwest swell is filling in through the day, peaking this afternoon and evening. This swell will produce warning level surf across most north and west-facing shores today. High to XL size north surf should hang in through Saturday. A High Surf Warning is in effect for the north and west-facing shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, along with north Maui shores, through Saturday afternoon. There will be a westerly component to this swell that will increase west Big Island surf to warning levels later today. The High surf Warning for Big Island will be in effect through late tonight. The swell will gradually decline from late Saturday into Monday. The next northwest swell is scheduled to arrive next Wednesday.
An out-of-season south swell continues to slowly fill in through today and will gradually decline this weekend. This will increase south-facing shore surf to near or slightly below summer average heights during the swell's peak from this afternoon through early Saturday.
East-facing shore surf will remain small the next couple of days as a result of disrupted trades downstream of the front. East shore surf becomes more rough Sunday and Monday in response to strengthening northeasterlies. Select east surf spots may experience some wrap from the passing large northwest swell.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com
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