Ma'alaea surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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
27.1° 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 5AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (16 Oct)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (16 Oct)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
0.4
SSW
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.5
E
1.7
E
0.4
SW
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
0.4
SW
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)56666175661616161666156551656616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7810189748911510212516065100100102139198581201091096412612310862
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
5
SSW
0
W
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NE
5
N
0
SW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.42
12:42PM
0.68
1:30AM
0.49
1:24PM
0.64
2:10AM
0.56
2:02PM
0.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.17
7:24PM
0.09
6:52AM
0.17
7:47PM
0.07
7:47AM
0.16
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---6:20-------6:20-------6:22----
Sunset------6:00-------6:00-------5:59-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1--------------1---
Temp. °C252524252727272626252525272727262625252527292826
Feels °C (?)272726272930312929272726293029282827272628312927
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Maui

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ma'alaea (calm at Kīhei wx 8 km from Ma'alaea). 0.4m 8s swell from the SSE with a 0.3m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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