Maalaea Beach
Maʻalaea, Hawaii, United States20.792, -156.509Reef break · faces SSW (193°)
Spot guide
Maalaea Beach is an SSW-facing reef break in Maʻalaea, Hawaii, United States. It picks up swell from SW to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 73% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNE: light winds or NNE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSW onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Reef
- Faces
- SSW (193°)
- Best swell
- SW to WSW (221°–244°), 11 s or longer
- Best wind
- NNW to ENE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 4–10 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SW to W (221.5° to 264.5°)
- Offshore wind
- NNE
- Tide
- NOAA station TPT2797
- Wave buoy
- Pauwela, Maui, HI (187) · 27 km away
- Cams
- None yet
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