Tides in Hawaii

Kalohi Channel tidal current predictions

HawaiiNear Kaunakakai, Maui CountyNOAA HAI1116Harmonic current station21 ft deep

Flooding 0.5 kt now, toward WNW (284°), easing. Slack at 8:45 PM, then ebb to 0.4 kt at 11:46 PM.

Now

Today, Tue, Sep 29, at 21 ft deep.

Now
Flood 0.5 ktToward WNW (284°)
Next slack
8:45 PMHST
Next max flood
0.4 ktWed 5:32 AM
Next max ebb
0.4 kt11:46 PM
-0.50.00.512 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM12 AMSlackNow

Knots along the channel: above the line the flood, running in toward WNW (284°); below it the ebb, running out toward ESE (106°). Times are Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time. Today: slack 1:54 AM, flood 0.6 kt 4:53 AM, slack 7:25 AM, ebb 0.7 kt 10:56 AM, slack 2:26 PM, flood 0.7 kt 5:30 PM, slack 8:45 PM, ebb 0.4 kt 11:46 PM.

Alerts in force

National Weather Service marine and coastal products at this station’s position.

None right now. The National Weather Service issues small craft advisories, gale and storm warnings, special marine warnings, dense fog advisories and coastal flood products for water like this.

7-day current table

Strongest flood this week 0.7 kt, Tue, Sep 29 at 5:30 PM. Strongest ebb 0.7 kt, Tue, Sep 29 at 10:56 AM.

Slack water and maximum currents at Kalohi Channel, Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time; knots, and the direction the water runs toward.
TimeEventSpeedToward
Tue, Sep 29
1:54 AMSlack water
4:53 AMMaximum flood0.6 ktWNW (284°)
7:25 AMSlack water
10:56 AMMaximum ebb0.7 ktESE (106°)
2:26 PMSlack water
5:30 PMMaximum flood0.7 ktWNW (284°)
8:45 PMSlack water
11:46 PMMaximum ebb0.4 ktESE (106°)
Wed, Sep 30
2:48 AMSlack water
5:32 AMMaximum flood0.4 ktWNW (284°)
7:50 AMSlack water
11:35 AMMaximum ebb0.7 ktESE (106°)
2:59 PMSlack water
6:09 PMMaximum flood0.7 ktWNW (284°)
9:49 PMSlack water
Thu, Oct 1
12:41 AMMaximum ebb0.4 ktESE (106°)
4:00 AMSlack water
6:15 AMMaximum flood0.3 ktWNW (284°)
8:14 AMSlack water
12:13 PMMaximum ebb0.6 ktESE (106°)
3:35 PMSlack water
6:53 PMMaximum flood0.6 ktWNW (284°)
11:00 PMSlack water
Fri, Oct 2
1:57 AMMaximum ebb0.3 ktESE (106°)
5:45 AMSlack water
8:36 AMSlack water
12:57 PMMaximum ebb0.5 ktESE (106°)
4:19 PMSlack water
7:55 PMMaximum flood0.6 ktWNW (284°)
Sat, Oct 3
12:16 AMSlack water
3:56 AMMaximum ebb0.3 ktESE (106°)
9:03 AMSlack water
2:02 PMMaximum ebb0.3 ktESE (106°)
5:16 PMSlack water
9:25 PMMaximum flood0.5 ktWNW (284°)
Sun, Oct 4
1:37 AMSlack water
5:32 AMMaximum ebb0.5 ktESE (106°)
10:02 AMSlack water
11:46 AMSlack water
3:47 PMMaximum ebb0.3 ktESE (106°)
6:45 PMSlack water
10:43 PMMaximum flood0.6 ktWNW (284°)
Mon, Oct 5
2:47 AMSlack water
6:46 AMMaximum ebb0.6 ktESE (106°)
10:25 AMSlack water
12:22 PMMaximum flood0.1 ktWNW (284°)
2:32 PMSlack water
5:39 PMMaximum ebb0.3 ktESE (106°)
8:26 PMSlack water

Other depths

NOAA predicts the current at more than one depth here. This page is for the shallowest; the water deeper down turns at different times and runs at different speeds.

DepthStrongest flood todayStrongest ebb today
21 ft0.7 kt 5:30 PM0.7 kt 10:56 AM
139 ft0.7 kt 5:33 PM0.7 kt 10:43 AM
237 ft0.8 kt 5:07 PM0.6 kt 11:00 AM

What this means

The flood is the tidal current running in from the sea, the ebb the current running back out. Slack water is the short turn between them, when the current is weakest: the time to cross a strong channel, anchor, or dive. Slack in a channel is not the time of high or low tide; it can come hours after.

Speeds are knots along the channel's main axis, and directions are degrees true toward which the water flows, as NOAA prints its tables. A current against the wind stands the waves up steep and close together.

Predictions are astronomical: the moon and the sun, not the weather. Strong wind, river flow after heavy rain and storm surge all change the real current.

Nearby4

The closest other NOAA current stations, nearest first.

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Sources

Tidal current predictions from NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), station HAI1116, bin 22: original at NOAA. Marine alerts from the National Weather Service.