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Windmills surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 14 Dec 2025 HSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Windmills surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Windmills sea temperature is
25.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Windmills today?
The current surf forecast for Windmills at 3PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (14 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 11s |
| Evening (14 Dec) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Windmills. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wed 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 100 | 91 | 104 | 176 | 338 | 549 | 933 | 919 | 905 | 796 | 865 | 940 | 890 | 852 | 828 | 711 | 690 | 577 | 560 | 510 | 353 | 347 | 413 | 477 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | glass | cross- off | glass | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:58AM 0.49 | 1:03AM 0.72 | 10:48AM 0.45 | 1:33AM 0.78 | 11:37AM 0.42 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:39AM 0.46 | 5:14PM 0.15 | 7:51AM 0.42 | 5:44PM 0.12 | 8:37AM 0.39 | 6:15PM 0.09 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wed 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 24 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
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