Kanaha surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 09 Apr 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
24.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kanaha today?

The current surf forecast for Kanaha at 8AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
2
ESE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.7
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
1
NW
Period(s) (?)1313121212121212117777788888812111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41841132427226819719713296102116147183426217247253176141118139217198216
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SE
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
S
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
0
W
5
N
5
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:22PM
0.69
10:01PM
0.71
10:56PM
0.75
11:02AM
0.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.26
1:43PM
0.30
6:56AM
0.35
3:54PM
0.31
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---6:11-------6:11-------6:09----
Sunset------6:42-------6:43-------6:43-
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11----1211342941111-----
Temp. °C232324232425242423222123232223242323232425242423
Feels °C (?)242425242526252423232224232325252323242628272725
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