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Kanaha surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 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
25.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Kanaha today?

The current surf forecast for Kanaha at 4AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
1.3
ESE
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.6
NNW
Period(s) (?)888161616151514814131313138812121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41837728225425124221225725121822817617324624612686181210999816916788
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
0
SW
0
NNW
0
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
0
NNE
0
WSW
0
SSW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
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off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
0.87
5:25PM
0.51
5:51AM
0.80
6:41PM
0.51
6:09AM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14PM
0.17
12:23PM
0.31
10:49PM
0.28
12:58PM
0.29
11:25PM
0.39
1:34PM
0.27
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---7:03-------7:03-------7:03----
Sunset------5:59-------6:00-------6:00-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232323222424242423222222242424232322222224232323
Feels °C (?)212122212322222324242524262626252525242426252526
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