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High Surf Warning 5, NWS Honolulu, HI

February 6, 2026Honolulu County, Kauai County, Kalawao County, Hawaii

NWS Honolulu, HI issued this high surf warning at Feb 6, 2026, 9:53 AM HST for Honolulu County, Kauai County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It took effect at Feb 6, 2026, 12:00 PM HST. It was in force for 28 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2026, 9:53 AM HST (19:53 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2026, 12:00 PM HST
Expired
Feb 7, 2026, 3:35 PM HST
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Honolulu, HI

Counties Honolulu County, HI, Kalawao County, HI, Kauai County, HI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf warning went out at Feb 6, 3:57 AM HST, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 3:57 AM HST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 3:40 AM HSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHFO50 hr
Feb 6, 3:42 AM HSTFlood WatchHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao3 days
Feb 6, 3:42 AM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHonolulu, Kauai6 hr
Feb 6, 3:48 AM HSTWinter Storm WatchHFOHawaii35 hr
Feb 6, 9:53 AM HSTHigh Surf AdvisoryHFOHawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, Kalawao42 hr

Nearby

High Surf Warnings in Hawaii, 2026Every high surf warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.