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Kihei Cove

Lat Long: 20.73° N 156.45° W

Kihei Cove Surf Photo: 'The Cove ' by Bobby Tanaka

Issued: 7 pm 18 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Kihei Cove sea temperature is

27.3°C

0.4°

Kihei Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	ENE	E	S	SW
	15 s	off	8 s	15 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 June at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	ENE	E	S	SW
	15 s	off	8 s	15 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 June at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	E	S	SW
	8 s	off	8 s	15 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 June at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	E	S	SW
	8 s	off	8 s	15 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 June at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	ENE	E	S	SW
	15 s	cross- off	8 s	15 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	ENE	E	S	ENE
	15 s	off	8 s	15 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE		ENE	E
	15 s	off		8 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	SW
	8 s	off	8 s	15 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	NE	ENE	S	SW
	8 s	off	8 s	14 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	SW
	8 s	off	8 s	14 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	ENE	S	SW
	8 s	off	8 s	14 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	E	SSW	SW
	8 s	off	8 s	14 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	E	S	SW
	8 s	off	8 s	14 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 June at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	E	SW	SSW
	8 s	cross- off	8 s	16 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 June at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE		E	SW
	8 s	glass		8 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 June at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNE		E	SW
	8 s	glass		8 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 June at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE		E	SW
	8 s	off		8 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 June at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Kihei Cove around the time the photo was taken

Image captured One hour and 51 minutes before high water (rising spring tide). Tide height was 0.7m (2.3 ft). Range 3.22m (10.6 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Kihei Cove Surf Photo: 'The Cove ' by Bobby Tanaka

The surfer drops into the wave. The south swell pounds over and over. The smiles gets bigger.

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User: Bobby Tanaka (11 photos)

Country: United States (4074 photos)

Photo taken at: 3:28 pm 13 Jun 2010

Pat Myaz
Uh-huh.....typical cove windy wave