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Ma'alaea surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 16 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 6PM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (16 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.1
SW
1
NNW
1.5
E
1.3
E
0.1
S
0.3
ENE
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.4
ESE
0.8
NW
1
NW
1.1
NW
0.3
S
1.3
E
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121214555514126618218186191817166151415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15151849494037801391056162513000461120021
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
SSW
5
WSW
0
WSW
10
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
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		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscrossglasscrosscrossglasscross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:51PM
0.26
3:36AM
0.78
3:33PM
0.27
4:10AM
0.79
4:12PM
0.28
4:43AM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
0.09
7:59PM
-0.04
10:37AM
0.08
8:40PM
-0.04
11:04AM
0.06
9:20PM
-0.03
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-------7:05-------7:05-------7:05
Sunset--6:06-------6:07-------6:07-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222322202019192023242321212020202223232322222222
Feels °C (?)171817161615151620201918171719192222242322232222
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