Surf Break

Lat Long: 21.00° N 156.67° W

Little Makaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is
26.9°C
0.2° 

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 (20 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 9PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 20). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)1ft (0.3m)16s
Afternoon (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 24°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Tue afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Thu morning).

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
16
0.4
NNW
10
0.3
N
10
0.4
N
10
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.4
NW
12
0.4
NW
11
0.3
SW
14
0.3
SW
14
0.4
NW
11
0.5
NW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
41
35
18
32
38
40
40
39
39
37
34
34
33
33
33
36
32
31
29
43
68
Wind (km/h)
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
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
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:17AM0.68m
00:10AM0.46m
11:49AM0.69m
00:43AM0.55m
12:17PM0.67m
Low Tide
6:29PM0.25m
5:12AM0.30m
6:37PM0.20m
6:11AM0.29m
6:51PM0.16m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
26
25
25
25
25
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
24
Feels °C
23
21
22
22
22
22
22
23
22
21
22
23
23
24
25
25
24
24
24
24
24
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