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Kanaha surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 12 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
25.5° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kanaha today?

The current surf forecast for Kanaha at 1PM is: 2.5m 17s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)17s
Evening (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
0
2
2
3
3
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.9
NW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)131313171616151514141414141313131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12531134132739454478483351875187412938983699332428892459214317231518132512041018851609479373
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
S
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:45AM
0.75
1:16AM
0.81
10:12AM
0.45
1:46AM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
0.21
4:54PM
0.18
9:19AM
0.45
5:43PM
0.14
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-7:03-------7:05-------7:05------
Sunset----6:02-------6:02-------6:04---
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
11121------------------1
Temp. °C232325232222212121212323232223222223242524242423
Feels °C (?)232326222020191920212222232224242324232221222221
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