Ma'alaea surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 HST
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Ma'alaea surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ma'alaea sea temperature is
24.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ma'alaea today?

The current surf forecast for Ma'alaea at 10AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

Table - waves today at Ma'alaea. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.4
E
1.3
ESE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
0.4
S
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)12121212141414141413131313566556125666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)696968656360616193878486869711794787910549104133138100
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
0
SSE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
NW
0
NNW
0
ENE
0
SSE
5
NE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:03AM
0.46
3:49PM
0.68
3:42AM
0.41
4:32PM
0.73
4:23AM
0.34
5:18PM
0.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
-0.07
10:03PM
0.04
9:26AM
-0.08
10:59PM
0.05
10:01AM
-0.09
11:59PM
0.06
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:05-------6:05-------6:05------
Sunset----6:45-------6:45-------6:45---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C232425252423232323242626252424242324262626252423
Feels °C (?)262728292624242525262827262627262526292929292726
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