Little Makaha surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 HST
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Little Makaha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is
27.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Little Makaha today?

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 8PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)1ft (0.3m)15s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.5
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.2
NE
Period(s) (?)161515151515158888812121111111111111817167
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3936353535353344414140404466121116581108179108135134147
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
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)
12:54PM
0.81
12:48AM
0.44
1:25PM
0.80
1:26AM
0.52
1:52PM
0.79
2:00AM
0.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
0.25
6:22AM
0.16
8:07PM
0.23
7:08AM
0.16
8:22PM
0.20
7:48AM
0.17
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:13-------6:13
Sunset--6:27-------6:25-------6:24-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------------------1-1111
Temp. °C262625252525252526262625252525252525262525252525
Feels °C (?)232423242423232324242423252525242424262425252524
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Maui

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Little Makaha (fresh winds from the ENE at BUOY-KLIH1 24 km from Little Makaha). 0.1m 10s swell from the N to make surfable waves.

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37 km/h
ENE
0.0
27.0
Air / Water (°C)
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