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Kauai Surf Forecast for January 08, 2025

An extra-large WNW swell will bring dangerously high surf to exposed N and W facing shores through Thursday. With peak surf heights near 40 feet expected in…

Kauai Surf Forecast for January 07, 2025

Overlapping L to XL long-period NW swells will maintain High Surf Warning-level surf along most N and W facing shores through Thursday. Average overnight swell…

Kauai Surf Forecast for January 06, 2025

Overlapping significant swell energy will maintain warning level surf heights along exposed north and west facing shores into Thursday. The current…

Kauai Surf Forecast for January 05, 2025

Expect several days of warning level surf along exposed north and west facing shores may last through Wednesday night, as overlapping significant swell…

Kauai Surf Forecast for January 04, 2025

Long period forerunners a large to extra large northwest swell have arrived and will build quickly down the island chain today, peaking tonight into early…

Kauai Surf Forecast for January 03, 2025

The current northwest swell (310-320 degrees) will continue to decline today. A series of large to potentially extra large northwest swells is due this weekend…

Kauai Surf Forecast for January 02, 2025

An active period with several northwest swells will move through the islands through the next seven days. The first of several northwest swells was delayed a…

Kauai Surf Forecast for January 01, 2025

Multiple overlapping northwest swells have been detected at buoy 51001. The most dominant of these swells is expected to build in today and peak tomorrow. The…

Kauai Surf Forecast for December 31, 2024

Medium northwest swell will continue through Tuesday night. A large northwest swell is forecast to arrive late Wednesday and should produce advisory level surf…

Kauai Surf Forecast for December 30, 2024

Multiple overlapping northwest swells (300-320) are expected over the next several days. Surf heights may reach advisory levels in the latter half of the week…

Kauai Surf Forecast for December 29, 2024

The current northwest (310-330) swell will gradually fade through midweek. The High Surf Advisory for west facing shores of the Big Island has been cancelled. A…

Update: High surf advisory canceled for north and west shores

The advisory was suppoed to last through 6 p.m., but surf has fallen just below advisory levels and is expected to decline even more through the night.

Kauai Surf Forecast for December 28, 2024

The large northwest swell that peaked Friday evening is expected to gradually decline over the remainder of the weekend. Surf along exposed west facing shores…

All North Shore beaches closed until further notice because of dangerous ocean conditions

A high surf warning remains in effect through 6 a.m. Saturday for north and west shorelines of the island, with waves of 30 to 40 feet forecast today, falling to 18 to 25 feet by tomorrow morning. Kaua‘i Ocean Safety Bureau officials are observing large swells on northern beaches.

Kauai Surf Forecast for December 27, 2024

Surf along exposed north and west facing shores will remain well above warning levels today, then slowly ease tonight through the weekend as an extra-large…

Kauai Surf Forecast for December 26, 2024

Surf along exposed north and west facing shores will rapidly build through the morning hours, peak this afternoon through Friday, then slowly ease over…

Kauai Surf Forecast for December 25, 2024

A large, long period northwest swell will fill in tonight, peak Thursday and Thursday night, then gradually lower Friday through the weekend. This…

Kauai Surf Forecast for December 24, 2024

The current northwest swell (310-330) continues to trend down today. High Surf Advisory has been cancelled for all north and west facing shores. The next…

Kauai Surf Forecast for December 23, 2024

Warning-level surf will continue through much of today along exposed north and west facing shores as a significant northwest (310-320 degrees) swell continues…

Kauai Surf Forecast for December 22, 2024

An extended period of hazardous surf and beach conditions will persist into Monday along exposed north and west facing shores due to an extra-large northwest…
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