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Little Makaha surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 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
24.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Little Makaha today?

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 3PM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s 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 (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (20 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
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
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NW
0.6
NW
0.8
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
Period(s) (?)121716161514141413131616151414141414141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)248241314635550528659557386380437864767736706557557518758862846905796724
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
5
W
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
S
5
SSW
5
W
10
NNW
5
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:18AM
0.88
3:40PM
0.46
4:42AM
0.85
4:27PM
0.48
5:05AM
0.80
5:21PM
0.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:04AM
0.27
9:30PM
0.09
11:28AM
0.25
10:06PM
0.16
11:53AM
0.23
10:44PM
0.25
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:05------
Sunset----6:08-------6:09-------6:09---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232324242423232223222323232323222222222223222222
Feels °C (?)252423242424242324222422212222222222232324232322
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