Ma'alaea Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, it’s Rusty here. Let’s break down this two-week stretch. Gotta be honest with you, it’s gonna be a test of patience out at Ma’alaea. We’ve got a lot of flat, small days ahead, but there are a couple of moments where the ocean might just wake up and give us something worth paddling for.

Right now, and for the next few days through to the weekend, it’s pretty tiny. We're talking knee to waist-high at best, with swell heights around 2 to 2 feet. The mornings are often glassy, like Friday the 11th, which is beautiful, but there’s just no power behind the waves. The energy in the water is weak, slipping from the low 300s down to a hundred-something by the 13th. It’s more of a float-around session than a surf.

Then, around the 15th and 16th, we get a fun little pulse. Swell bumps to a consistent 2 feet, but the period gets real long, into the 18 to 20 second range, which for this reef is a good thing. The lines will be cleaner with more push. Tuesday the 15th morning is dead calm, glassy, with that long-period SW swell—that’s looking like a beauty. Wednesday the 16th also has glassy windows, morning and afternoon, with similar clean, rideable waves. Not big, but super fun on the right board.

The energy picks up on the 17th and 18th, holding around 2 feet, and the mornings are clean with light offshore winds. But the standout of the whole forecast has to be Saturday the 19th. The morning is glassy, swell’s a clean 2 feet from the southwest with a 16-second period, and the combined energy jumps to a solid 602—that’s the strongest reading of the whole fortnight. That'll be the best session on offer. Still not huge, but with that energy and clean conditions, it’s the day to make time for.

After that, it’s back to small and messy. Sunday the 20th afternoon shows a spike of 5 to 6 feet, but hold your horses—that’s short-period wind swell from the east at 6 seconds with onshore winds. That’s gonna be chaotic and poor quality, totally unsuited to this break. From the 21st through the 24th, we’re back to tiny leftovers, mostly under 2 feet, with weak energy and few, if any, ridable waves.

So mark your calendar for the 19th. If you can’t make that, the mornings on the 15th and 16th are your backup. Other than that, this stretch is all about picking the clean windows and not expecting much. Water temp’s right on normal for this time of year, so it’s still plenty warm.

Rusty out.

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