Ma'alaea surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 17 Jan 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
25.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ma'alaea today?

The current surf forecast for Ma'alaea at 2PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)18s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SW
0.8
E
0.1
SW
1.3
E
1.2
E
0.1
S
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.7
N
0.8
NW
1
NW
1.4
E
1.1
NW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)14514651863181119186161616151414555413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)829810183612125000139025252200444217
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
S
5
SW
5
W
5
E
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SE
5
NNW
5
NE
5
N
10
S
5
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
crosscrossglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:36AM
0.78
3:33PM
0.27
4:10AM
0.79
4:12PM
0.28
4:43AM
0.77
4:53PM
0.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
0.08
8:40PM
-0.04
11:04AM
0.06
9:20PM
-0.03
11:32AM
0.05
10:01PM
-0.01
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:05------
Sunset----6:07-------6:07-------6:07---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202023242321212020202324232322222121242424232322
Feels °C (?)161620222018181819192323232423222121252525242424
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