Maui Surf Forecast for May 01, 2026
| Shores | Tonight | Friday | ||
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| Surf | Surf | |||
| PM | AM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 |
| West Facing | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| South Facing | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-4 |
| East Facing | 2-4 | 3-5 | 4-6 | 4-6 |
| Weather | Partly cloudy. Scattered showers. | ||||||
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| Low Temperature | Around 70. | ||||||
| Winds | East winds around 15 mph. | ||||||
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| Weather | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers. | |||||
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| High Temperature | In the lower 80s. | |||||
| Winds | East winds around 15 mph. | |||||
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| Sunrise | 5:55 AM HST. | |||||
| Sunset | 6:51 PM HST. | |||||
Swell Summary
The current small, northwest to north-northwest (320-335 degree), swell will slowly decline into Friday and produce near average surf along north facing beaches. A compact storm-force low developed just east of the Kuril Island on Monday and tracked toward the Aleutian Islands for a few days. This storm should send a moderate, long-period northwest (320 degree) swell towards the islands late Friday into Saturday and generate above average surf along north and west facing shores on Saturday. Average H1/10 heights for north facing shores is 6 feet for the month of May (Goddard-Caldwell Database).
Surf along south-facing shores will remain small through the rest of this work week, with mainly background south to southwest swell expected. A small, long period, south-southwest pulse should arrive late Friday and give a bump up to south facing shores through this weekend.
Surf along east-facing shores will see a boost tonight into Friday as the trades briefly strengthen to widespread fresh to strong trade winds. Trades will then slowly weaken this weekend and allow surf along east-facing shores to decrease to below average levels by early next week.
NORTH SHORE
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Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Sideshore texture/chop with E winds 10-15mph in the morning increasing to 15-20mph in the afternoon.
SOUTH SHORE
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Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Clean in the morning with ESE winds less than 5mph. Semi glassy/semi bumpy conditions for the afternoon with the winds shifting to the WNW.
WEST SIDE
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Surf: Minimal (ankle high or less) surf.
Conditions: Clean with E winds 10-15mph in the morning shifting ENE 15-20mph in the afternoon.
Data Courtesy of NOAA.gov and SwellInfo.com








