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The Cove surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 31 Jan 2026 HST
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The Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Cove sea temperature is
25.4° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Cove today?

The current surf forecast for The Cove at 6PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (31 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

Table - waves today at The Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
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)
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
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 (?)
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
NW
0.7
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)16151613141413121312121212121313114556677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4253021961021031738451954746575655333324346196108127144135
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
NE
5
NE
0
N
0
NNE
5
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglassglassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19PM
0.29
3:53AM
0.83
4:05PM
0.32
4:31AM
0.79
4:50PM
0.36
5:07AM
0.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
0.02
8:29PM
-0.07
10:46AM
0.01
9:17PM
-0.05
11:15AM
0.01
10:03PM
-0.02
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------7:01-------7:01-------7:01
Sunset--6:15-------6:15-------6:16-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------11111113
Temp. °C262525232323222324242423232322232424242424242323
Feels °C (?)282727252727252525252525242322232322222323222223
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