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Lat Long: 21.00° N 156.67° W

Little Makaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 12 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is
26.5°C
0.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Little Makaha today (12 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 15s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Nov, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 7AM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 12). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Nov)7ft (2.2m)15s
Afternoon (12 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Evening (12 Nov)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 25°C on Fri morning, min 23°C on Thu morning). Mainly strong winds.

Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
NNW
16
2.4
NNW
15
2.3
NNW
15
2.1
NNW
15
2
NNW
14
1.9
NNW
14
1.8
NNW
14
1.8
NNW
14
1.7
NNW
14
1.6
NNW
13
1.1
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1
NW
13
0.9
NW
13
0.7
N
19
1.2
NNW
18
1.5
NNW
16
1.5
NNW
16
1.4
NNW
15
1.3
NNW
14
1
NW
13
1
NNW
13
1
NNW
13
0.8
NW
12
0.9
N
20
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2850
2580
2387
1885
1604
1484
1265
1265
1172
892
431
424
369
326
273
350
919
1238
1150
892
638
311
357
351
164
618
Wind (km/h)
30
E
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
E
30
E
30
E
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
30
ENE
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
E
40
ENE
Wind State
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
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:50AM0.81m
2:48PM0.39m
5:31AM0.77m
2:41PM0.38m
6:18AM0.74m
Low Tide
12:12PM0.37m
9:28PM0.10m
1:41PM0.38m
9:57PM0.14m
10:26PM0.18m
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
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clear
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Temp °C
24
24
23
24
24
24
24
24
23
24
24
25
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
24
24
24
24
Feels °C
20
21
19
20
20
20
20
20
19
21
20
21
20
20
21
21
21
20
21
22
22
22
21
20
20
20
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