NNW Holds Through Thursday

Ho’okipa Surf 3.3.15 / Image: Jimmie Hepp

By Meteorologist Malika Dudley / Email: [email protected]

Alerts

A Small Craft Advisory is posted for the Kaiwi, Pailolo and ʻAlenuihāhā channels as well as Māʻalaea Bay. The advisory is posted from 6:00 a.m. Wednesday through 6:00 a.m. Friday for north winds from 25 to 30 knots and rough seas  of 8 to 12 feet. Inexperienced mariners should avoid navigating in these conditions.

**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Maui County projected winds, forecasted swell direction, height & period, tides, a surface map and expected wave heights.**

Maui County Surf Forecast

North: Waist to head high waves are expected today, bigger at the best breaks on the sets.

West: Pretty flat conditions are expected today. Exposures catching the northwest could see waist to chest high waves, maybe bigger on the sets.

South: Knee to waist high waves are expected today. The best breaks could see belly high waves on the sets.

Short to mid period north-northwest swell energy is expected to linger through Thursday. A west-northwest is expected to move in midweek.

A south-southeast and south-southwest mix of swells is expected to hold over the next couple of days. South shores are expected to go quiet from Friday through the first part of next week.

Keep in mind, surf heights are measured on the face of the wave from trough to crest. Heights vary from beach to beach, and at the same beach, from break to break.  

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Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS

Image: NOAA / NWS