High Surf Warning for XL Northwest Swell
Image: Asa Ellison / Ho’okipa yesterday
Alerts (as of 1:00 a.m.)
A High Surf Warning is posted for the north and west shores of Molokai and the north shore of Maui through 6:00 a.m. Thursday.
A Small Craft Advisory is posted through 6:00 a.m. Thursday for rough seas from 10 to 15 feet in waters exposed to the northwest swells. This includes nearly all Maui County coastal waters.
**Click directly on the images below to make them larger. Charts include: Maui County projected winds, tides, swell direction & period and expected wave heights.**
Maui Surf Forecast
North: Wave heights are 4 to 5 times overhead for the best exposed shores.
West: Wrap from a northwest swell continues.
South: Wave heights are knee/waist high today as the southwest swell fades. Northwest wrap will filter into some spots.
A new northwest swell is expected to fill in on Wednesday and into early Thursday at warning levels before fading through the day Thursday. A second large WNW swell is likely Sunday through Monday, resulting in warning-level surf along north and west facing shores, including west facing shores of the Big Island.
Trade swell is expected to remain pretty small at waist/chest high or less.
A south-southwest reinforcement is expected to maintain wave heights for southern shores through Thursday then fade Friday.
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.
**Click here for your detailed Maui County weather report.**
Image: NOAA / NWS
Image: NOAA / NWS
Image: NOAA / NWS
Image: NOAA / NWS
Image: NOAA / NWS
Image: NOAA / NWS
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