Lanai · Maui · Hawaii
Lopa Beach Surf Report & Forecast, Lanai, Hawaii
Lopa Beach, Lanai, Hawaii: 1–2 ft faces (1 ft Hawaiian scale), knee high, at 10 am HST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Poor. The main swell is 1.4 ft at 9 seconds from the southeast, with a 9 mph cross-shore wind from the north-northeast, gusting 14 mph. Water is about 79°F, so a rashguard is enough; the next low tide is 0.6 ft at 10:56 am.
1–2 ft
1 ft Hawaiian scale
- Swell
- 1.4 ft · 9 s · SEplus 1.3 ft · 8 s · NE
- Wind
- 9 mph (NNE), gusts 14cross-shore
- Tide
- 0.6 ft fallinglow 0.6 ft at 10:56 am
- Water
- 79°Frashguard
- Air
- 76°Ffeels like 74°F
- Sun
- rise 6:34 amset 5:48 pm
Lopa Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Lopa Beach: 5 pm, Poor, on a falling low tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Lopa Beach: 10 am, Poor, on a falling low tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1–2 ft | Poor | 7 mph cross-shore (NE) | 2.2 ft |
| 7 am | 1–2 ft | Poor | 8 mph cross-shore (NE) | 1.7 ft |
| 8 am | 1–2 ft | Poor | 9 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 14 | 1.3 ft |
| 9 am | 1–2 ft | Poor | 7 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 12 | 0.9 ft |
| 10 amnow | 1–2 ft | Poor | 6 mph onshore (SSE) | 0.6 ft |
| 11 am | 1–2 ft | Poor | 6 mph onshore (SSE) | 0.6 ft |
| 12 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor | 7 mph onshore (SSE) | 0.6 ft |
| 1 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 8 mph onshore (SSE) | 0.8 ft |
| 2 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor | 10 mph onshore (SSE), gusts 15 | 1.0 ft |
| 3 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor | 11 mph onshore (SSE), gusts 16 | 1.1 ft |
| 4 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor | 9 mph onshore (SSE), gusts 14 | 1.1 ft |
| 5 pm | 2 ft | Poor | 5 mph cross-shore (SSE) | 1.0 ft |
| 6 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor | 5 mph offshore (NW) | 0.7 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 2 ft | Poor | 9 mph cross-shore (NE) | 2.3 ft |
| 7 am | 2 ft | Poor | 9 mph cross-shore (NE) | 1.9 ft |
| 8 am | 2 ft | Poor | 9 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 14 | 1.5 ft |
| 9 am | 2 ft | Poor | 10 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 15 | 1.0 ft |
| 10 am | 2 ft | Poor | 10 mph cross-shore (ENE), gusts 15 | 0.7 ft |
| 11 am | 2 ft | Poor | 9 mph onshore (ENE), gusts 14 | 0.6 ft |
| 12 pm | 2 ft | Poor | 9 mph onshore (E) | 0.5 ft |
| 1 pm | 2 ft | Poor | 9 mph onshore (ESE), gusts 14 | 0.7 ft |
| 2 pm | 2 ft | Poor | 9 mph onshore (ESE), gusts 14 | 0.8 ft |
| 3 pm | 2 ft | Poor | 7 mph onshore (E) | 1.0 ft |
| 4 pm | 2 ft | Poor | 7 mph cross-shore (NE) | 1.0 ft |
| 5 pm | 2 ft | Poor | 9 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 14 | 1.0 ft |
| 6 pm | 2 ft | Poor | 12 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 17 | 0.8 ft |
Lopa Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 10 am, sets at Lopa Beach arrive about every minute with about 2 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 1.7 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 2
- Sets
- every minute or so, each lasting about 11 s
- Lulls
- about 52 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 62% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- light, about 0.2 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Lopa Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Lopa Beach: the biggest day is Wednesday, Nov 11 at 2 ft, and the best-rated day is Monday, Nov 9 (Poor). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 1 ft and Poor; Sunday, Nov 15, 1 ft and Poor.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Lopa Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 1–2 ft | Poor | 1.3 ft · 7 s · NNE | 9 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 14 | 10 mph onshore (SSE), gusts 15 | 5 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 2 ft | Poor | 1.0 ft · 8 s · NNE | 9 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 14 | 9 mph onshore (ESE), gusts 14 | 10 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 2 ft | Poor | 1.7 ft · 6 s · NNE | 23 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 32 | 22 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 31 | 5 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 1 ft | Poor | 1.2 ft · 4 s · NE | 9 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 14 | 13 mph cross-shore (NE) | 2 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 1 ft | Poor | 1.1 ft · 4 s · NE | 10 mph onshore (ENE) | 11 mph onshore (ESE) | 6 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 1 ft | Poor | 1.0 ft · 8 s · NE | 9 mph cross-shore (ENE) | 8 mph onshore (E) | 8 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 1 ft | Poor | 0.7 ft · 4 s · NE | 10 mph onshore (ENE), gusts 17 | 9 mph onshore (E), gusts 15 | 5 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 1 ft | Poor | 1.0 ft · 8 s · NE | 4 mph cross-shore (ENE) | 10 mph onshore (SSE), gusts 17 | 5 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 1 ft | Poor | — | 7 mph offshore (NNW) | 13 mph cross-shore (S) | 8 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 1 ft | Poor | — | 8 mph cross-shore (NNW) | 9 mph offshore (NNW) | 11 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Lopa Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Lopa Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Lopa Beach today, Monday, Nov 9: high 2.7 ft at 3:55 am, low 0.6 ft at 10:56 am, high 1.1 ft at 3:27 pm and low 0.1 ft at 9:05 pm. At 10 am the tide is 0.6 ft and falling.
Lopa Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | High 2.7 ft at 3:55 amLow 0.6 ft at 10:56 amHigh 1.1 ft at 3:27 pmLow 0.1 ft at 9:05 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | High 2.6 ft at 4:27 amLow 0.5 ft at 11:35 amHigh 1.0 ft at 3:59 pmLow 0.1 ft at 9:37 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | High 2.5 ft at 5:03 amLow 0.5 ft at 12:21 pmHigh 0.9 ft at 4:28 pmLow 0.1 ft at 10 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 2.4 ft at 5:40 amLow 0.5 ft at 1:18 pmHigh 0.8 ft at 5:07 pmLow 0.2 ft at 10:31 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 2.3 ft at 6:24 amLow 0.6 ft at 2:15 pmHigh 0.7 ft at 5:49 pmLow 0.3 ft at 11:05 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 2.2 ft at 7:10 amLow 0.6 ft at 3:16 pmHigh 0.7 ft at 7:05 pmLow 0.5 ft at 11:42 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 2.1 ft at 8 amLow 0.6 ft at 4:17 pmHigh 0.8 ft at 8:55 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | Low 0.7 ft at 12:44 amHigh 2.0 ft at 8:51 amLow 0.5 ft at 4:53 pmHigh 1.0 ft at 10:52 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | Low 0.8 ft at 2:17 amHigh 1.9 ft at 9:43 am |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Lopa Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Lopa Beach is about 79°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 74°F and a 9 mph wind, a rashguard is enough. Over the next week the water stays near 79°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Lopa Beach
- Manele Bay6.5 mi SW · 1 ft · Poor
- Shark Pit9.5 mi ENE · 1–2 ft · Poor
- Lahaina Breakwall9.5 mi ENE · 2 ft · Poor
- Harbors9.5 mi ENE · 1 ft · Poor
- Puamana9.6 mi ENE · 1 ft · Poor
- Launiupoko10 mi ENE · 1–2 ft · Fair
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About Lopa Beach
Lopa Beach is a reef break on Lanai, Hawaii, facing east-southeast.
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