Kanaha Surf Forecast

/ HAW – Maui (46 breaks) / Hawaii (267 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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Kanaha surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 HST

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Kanaha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Kanaha sea temperature is 26.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kanaha today?

The current surf forecast for Kanaha at 10PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Evening (17 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

Table - waves today at Kanaha. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	NNW	NNW	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	N	N	N	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	12	11	11	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	14	26	25	116	123	137	137	120	124	101	89	95	123	116	120	120	142	116	143	119	68	91	157	297
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				12:26AM 0.51				1:12PM 0.87				1:05AM 0.59				1:37PM 0.86				1:40AM 0.66				1:58PM 0.83
Low Tide / height (m)		7:37PM 0.31				6:10AM 0.18				7:48PM 0.28				6:54AM 0.17					8:02PM 0.24			7:32AM 0.19

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	1
Temp. °C	27	25	25	25	24	25	26	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	27	27	27	25	25	25	25	25	26	26
Feels °C (?)	26	24	25	25	24	25	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	28	28	28	25	26	27	26	25	27	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Maui

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Kanaha (moderate winds from the NE at Kahului Airport 1 km from Kanaha). 1.3m 5s windswell from the ENE with a 0.4m 9s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 35 minutes ago Kanaha

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2 h 35 min ago

26 km/h

Cross-Shore

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