High Surf, Kauai
- When
- August 20, 12:00 PM HST to August 22, 8:00 AM HST
- Where
- Kauai forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Surf in Hawaii, August 20 to 22, 2000
Storm low southeast of New Zealand in the previous week generated surf of 6 to 8 feet along the south shores of all the islands.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
Storm low southeast of New Zealand in the previous week generated surf of 6 to 8 feet along the south shores of all the islands.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
High Surf, Lanai
- When
- August 20, 12:00 PM HST to August 22, 8:00 AM HST
- Where
- Lanai forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Surf, Maui
- When
- August 20, 12:00 PM HST to August 22, 8:00 AM HST
- Where
- Maui forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Surf, Molokai
- When
- August 20, 12:00 PM HST to August 22, 8:00 AM HST
- Where
- Molokai forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Surf, Oahu
- When
- August 20, 12:00 PM HST to August 22, 8:00 AM HST
- Where
- Oahu forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Surf, South Hawaii
- When
- August 20, 12:00 PM HST to August 22, 8:00 AM HST
- Where
- South Hawaii forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
High Surf, West Hawaii
- When
- August 20, 12:00 PM HST to August 22, 8:00 AM HST
- Where
- West Hawaii forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Surf
- Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Mississippi, August 20, 2000
- Heat in Louisiana, August 20, 2000
- Rip Current in North Carolina, August 20, 2000
- Rip Current in California, August 20, 2000
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, August 20 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 20, 2000
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, August 20 to 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 2000
- Flood in Florida, August 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 2000
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, August 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5171375, 5171376, 5171377, 5171378, 5171379, 5171380, 5171381.