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Windmills surfForecast / HAW – Maui / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 11 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 1PM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (HST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Dec) | 5ft (1.6m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (11 Dec) | 6ft (1.8m) | 13s |
| Evening (11 Dec) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Windmills. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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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| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
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 kJ (?) | 905 | 878 | 864 | 1003 | 892 | 850 | 782 | 647 | 568 | 488 | 354 | 268 | 273 | 224 | 240 | 247 | 305 | 385 | 385 | 353 | 281 | 270 | 218 | 163 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:55AM 0.68 | 10:47PM 0.46 | 8:34AM 0.61 | 11:53PM 0.56 | 9:13AM 0.55 | 12:32AM 0.64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:47PM 0.23 | 2:04AM 0.43 | 4:18PM 0.20 | 4:42AM 0.48 | 4:46PM 0.17 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sun 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
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