8.8Excellent
Honopu Beach 16 km9.7 mi north-east
Scores 8.8 right now, 3.1 points above Barking Sands.
Barking Sands
Kauaʻi County, Hawaii, United States
No photo of Barking Sands yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Tomorrow at a glance
Calmest: 7 am to 10 am, sunset 6:07 pm7 am
7.5
6 km/h3 mph wind, Great
7.5
6 km/h3 mph wind, Great
8 am
7.6
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.6
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
9 am
8.6
5 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
8.6
5 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
10 am
7.4
4 km/h2 mph wind, Great
7.4
4 km/h2 mph wind, Great
11 am
6.2
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
6.2
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
12 pm
5.5
0 km/h0 mph wind, Good
5.5
0 km/h0 mph wind, Good
1 pm
4.9
1 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
4.9
1 km/h1 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.6
0 km/h0 mph wind, Fair
4.6
0 km/h0 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
4.7
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
4.7
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
5.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
5.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
5.6
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
5.6
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
6 pm
5.9
7 km/h5 mph wind, Good
5.9
7 km/h5 mph wind, Good
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Better nearby today
These beaches score higher than Barking Sands right now.
8.8Excellent
Kalalau Beach 17 km10 mi north-east
Scores 8.8 right now, 3.1 points above Barking Sands.
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 25°C76°F
- Water
- 27°C80°F
- Wind
- 11 km/hmph ESE
- Gusts
- 96 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.1 m4 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 30%
- Sunset
- 6:07 pm
Today
8.6Excellent7 am53
9.1Excellent8 am42
8.6Excellent9 am53
7.8Great10 am53
6.8Good11 am74
5.7Good12 pm85
4.7Fair1 pm75
4.3Fair2 pm53
4.1Fair3 pm21
4.2Fair4 pm43
4.6Fair5 pm64
5.7Good6 pm53
Fri
7.5Great7 am63
7.6Great8 am64
8.6Excellent9 am53
7.4Great10 am42
6.2Good11 am32
5.5Good12 pm00
4.9Fair1 pm11
4.6Fair2 pm00
4.7Fair3 pm85
5.2Fair4 pm106
5.6Good5 pm42
5.9Good6 pm75
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 1 am, 0.8 m3 ft
- Low 7 am, 0.5 m2 ft
- High 1 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat6.6 GoodBest 7 am to 1 pmWind up to 30 km/h18 mph, rain 59%
- Sun8.3 GreatBest 7 am to 9 amWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 8%
- Mon6.4 GoodBest 7 am to 7 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 12%
- Tue5.8 GoodBest 7 am to 1 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 37%
- Wed5.6 GoodBest 7 am to 9 amWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 46%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
About Barking Sands
Barking Sands Beach is a dune landscape of the Polihale Beach on the west coast of Kauaʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaii. You can hear a barking noise, when the sand moves.
Source: Barking Sands Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
We do not have facility details for this beach yet.
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- 26 km16 miPort Allen Airport (PAK)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Polihale Beach2.9 km1.8 mi north-east away5.7 Good
- Waiapua'a8.3 km5.2 mi south away5.7 Good
- Miloliʻi Beach11 km6.8 mi north-east away8.3 Great
- Kekaha Beach11 km6.8 mi south away5.7 Good
- Nualolo Kai Beach13 km7.9 mi north-east away8.3 Great