Little Makaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 21.00° N 156.67° W

Issued: 7 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is

26.2° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Little Makaha today (11 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 18s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 11PM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 11). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (11 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s
Evening (11 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	18s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 25°C on Sat night, min 24°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sat 11			Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
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	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 17	SW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	109	150	150	148	147	142	129	125	124	122	122	155	153	151	143	107	104	103	102	100	99	181	200	244
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore 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				11:54PM0.38m					2:25PM0.96m			1:03AM0.39m					3:07PM0.98m				2:01AM0.41m
Low Tide			9:09PM0.35m			6:30AM-0.01m					9:40PM0.32m			7:21AM-0.03m					10:13PM0.29m				8:09AM-0.03m


	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—
	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1
Temp °C	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Feels °C	23	23	24	22	22	24	23	23	23	21	22	22	22	21	23	23	22	22	23	23	24	23	23	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 17	SW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	W 16
kJ	109	150	150	148	147	142	129	125	124	122	122	155	153	151	143	107	104	103	102	100	99	96	93	131
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 14	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 13	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 16	W 15	W 14	W 14	W 14	WNW 18	WNW 17	WNW 16	SW 14
kJ	35	30	30	30	30	30	29	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	43	42	34	35	36	60	54	85	92
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	SW 19	SW 20	SW 20	SW 21	SW 21	NW 19	WNW 18	WNW 18	N 8	SW 19	SW 19	SW 19
kJ	11	10	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	15	15	15	17	17	15	31	32	12	58	58	58
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	313	269	251	259	274	289	329	358	416	368	322	271	306	297	264	211	259	243	185	180	178	181	200	244
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Lahaina Breakwall/Harbour HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Lahaina Breakwall/Harbour HAW - Maui	Lahaina Breakwall/Harbour HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Lahaina Breakwall/Harbour HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui	Mala wharf HAW - Maui
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	11	11	11	13	11	13	13	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	8	8	5	9	6	6	6	5

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