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Kauai Surf Forecast for September 02, 2026
A moderate, long-period south swell will continue to fill in overnight and peak Wednesday. Surf along south facing shores should peak below advisory...
Kauai Surf Forecast for September 01, 2026
A small long period south swell will hold through tonight before a moderate south swell arrives on Tuesday. This swell will build Tuesday morning and then peak...
Kauai Surf Forecast for August 31, 2026
The current south swell will slowly decrease over the next several days. Overlapping small, long- and medium-period south swell energy will keep small surf...
Information technology, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity career pathways boosted during Tech Days of Fall 2026
The series of free events aims to increase awareness about and enhance Hawaiʻi's skilled technology workforce and increasing demand for local jobs in the rapidly growing technology, artificial intelligence and cyber industries.
NASA’s newest space telescope gets help from astronomers, decades of innovation at University of Hawai‘i
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will begin a mission after it launches Aug. 30 to capture sweeping views of the universe on a scale never before possible and five University of Hawai‘i-led research programs were selected in the mission's first highly competitive round.
What Hawaiʻi’s energy future means for restaurants
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ʻOhana FitFest returns to Kauaʻi’s North Shore for 13th anniversary
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Kauai Surf Forecast for August 30, 2026
The S swell that peaked just below the advisory threshold on Friday declines over the next few days. A long period S swell brings increasing surf to S and...
Kauai Surf Forecast for August 28, 2026
Surf along south facing shores will hold just below advisory levels through tomorrow as a small, long period south southwest swell continues. The swell will...
Tangled plastic, fishing gear found in pilot whales a ‘stark reminder’ of ocean plastic pollution impact
A new study by University of HawaiК»i at MДЃnoa researchers found about 23% of stranded short-finned pilot whales throughout a 13-year period in the main Hawaiian Islands had large masses of the debris, essentially ocean trash, inside their stomachs.
‘E Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian Nation’ traveling Smithsonian exhibit on display at Kauaʻi Community College
A special talk story with National Museum of the American Indian Associate Curator for Native Hawaiian History Halena Kapuni-Reynolds also is planned Sept. 8 in the college library; the museum produced the exhibit.
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