Kauai Surf Report

 
Friday, October 16th, 8:10pm PDT
Hawaii Buoys Swell Wind Temp
NORTHWESTERN HAWAII ONE
 
--- --- 351° 16-17 kt 70° 79.7 °F
NORTHWESTERN HAWAII TWO
 
--- --- --- 16-19 kt 60° 79.5 °F
NORTHERN HAWAII ONE
 
--- --- --- 16-19 kt 70° 80.4 °F
WHOTS
 
--- --- --- --- --- 80.1 °F
Waimea Bay, HI
 
5.6 ft 13 sec 348° --- --- 80.2 °F
Mokapu Point, HI
 
6.6 ft 6 sec 71° --- --- 80.8 °F
Barbers Point, Kalaeloa, HI
 
3.9 ft 17 sec 187° --- --- 81.9 °F
Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI
 
3.6 ft 17 sec 158° --- --- 80.6 °F
Hilo, Hawaii, HI
 
5.9 ft 8 sec 75° --- --- 81.1 °F
WESTERN HAWAII
 
--- --- 92° 16-19 kt 60° 81.7 °F
SOUTHEAST HAWAII
 
--- --- --- 19-23 kt 60° 81.7 °F
SOUTHWEST HAWAII
 
--- --- --- 17-21 kt 90° 83.1 °F
Rumung, Yap, Micronesia
 
3.3 ft 9 sec 57° --- --- 85.3 °F
Ngaraard, Babeldaob, Palau
 
2.6 ft 10 sec 57° --- --- 85.8 °F
Pikareej, Arno, Marshall Islands
 
4.9 ft 9 sec 13° --- --- 83.8 °F
North Point, Pohnpei, Micronesia
 
4.9 ft 8 sec 11° --- --- 84.7 °F
Kalo, Majuro, Marshall Islands
 
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Aunuu, American Samoa
 
8.5 ft 9 sec 126° --- --- 81.3 °F
King-Poloa, American Samoa
 
5.9 ft 11 sec 145° --- --- 81.9 °F
Buoy data courtesy of NOAA and CDIP
 

NORTHWESTERN HAWAII ONE (NOAA 51001)

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NORTHWESTERN HAWAII TWO (NOAA 51101)

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NORTHERN HAWAII ONE (NOAA 51000)

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Hanalei, Kauai (CDIP 202)

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Buoy data courtesy of NOAA and CDIP
 
Hanalei buoy directional graphic courtesy of CDIP
 

Map: Windy.com

Wind observations courtesy of the National Weather Service
 

NOAA CO-OPS station 1611427 — preliminary water level (last ~3 days)

Water level — NOAA CO-OPS

Chart: NOAA ERDDAP (coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov)

Tide chart courtesy of The University of South Carolina
 
FZHW50 PHFO 170134 CWFHFO Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Honolulu HI 334 PM HST Fri Oct 16 2026 Hawaiian coastal waters within 40 nautical miles including the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. 334 PM HST Fri Oct 16 2026 .Synopsis for Hawaiian coastal waters... Surface high pressure far north of the islands will strengthen as it drifts eastward through Saturday. Reinforcing high pressure will build far north of Hawaii on Sunday and will settle far northeast of the islands through early next week. Fresh to strong trade winds will prevail during this time, followed by a decrease in winds Wednesday.




Kauai Northwest Waters- 334 PM HST Fri Oct 16 2026

TONIGHT
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds and north 5 feet at 12 seconds. Scattered showers.

SATURDAY
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds and north 5 feet at 10 seconds. Scattered showers.

SATURDAY NIGHT
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds and north 3 feet at 14 seconds. Scattered showers.

SUNDAY
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds and north 3 feet at 13 seconds. Scattered showers.

SUNDAY NIGHT
East winds to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. Scattered showers.

MONDAY
East winds to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. Scattered showers.

MONDAY NIGHT
East winds to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. Scattered showers.

TUESDAY
East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. Scattered showers.

WEDNESDAY
East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. Scattered showers in the morning, then isolated showers through the night. Scattered showers after midnight.




Kauai Windward Waters- 334 PM HST Fri Oct 16 2026

TONIGHT
East northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds and north 5 feet at 12 seconds. Scattered showers.

SATURDAY
East northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds and north 5 feet at 11 seconds. Scattered showers.

SATURDAY NIGHT
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds and north 3 feet at 14 seconds. Scattered showers.

SUNDAY
East winds to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds and north 3 feet at 13 seconds. Scattered showers.

SUNDAY NIGHT
East winds to 20 knots. Seas to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. Scattered showers.

MONDAY
East winds to 20 knots. Seas to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. Scattered showers.

MONDAY NIGHT
East winds to 20 knots. Seas to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. Scattered showers in the evening, then numerous showers after midnight.

TUESDAY
East winds to 20 knots. Seas to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers, then numerous showers after midnight.

WEDNESDAY
East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. Scattered showers in the morning, then isolated showers through the night. Scattered showers after midnight.




Kauai Leeward Waters- 334 PM HST Fri Oct 16 2026

TONIGHT
East northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds and north 5 feet at 11 seconds. Scattered showers.

SATURDAY
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds and north northwest 4 feet at 10 seconds. Isolated showers.

SATURDAY NIGHT
East northeast winds to 20 knots...East northeast 15 to 20 knots in the Kaulakahi Channel. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers.

SUNDAY
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers in the morning. Isolated showers in the afternoon.

SUNDAY NIGHT
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers.

MONDAY
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers.

MONDAY NIGHT
East winds to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers.

TUESDAY
East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers.

WEDNESDAY
East northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds. Isolated showers.




Kauai Channel- 334 PM HST Fri Oct 16 2026

TONIGHT
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds and north 5 feet at 12 seconds. Scattered showers.

SATURDAY
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds and north 4 feet at 11 seconds. Isolated showers.

SATURDAY NIGHT
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East northeast 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers.

SUNDAY
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East northeast 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers, mainly in the morning.

SUNDAY NIGHT
East northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East northeast 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers.

MONDAY
East northeast winds to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East northeast 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers.

MONDAY NIGHT
East northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East northeast 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers.

TUESDAY
East northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East northeast 7 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers.

WEDNESDAY
East northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East northeast 6 feet at 7 seconds. Isolated showers.




Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service