The report · Kanaha · Kite · September · 6 pages

WindChaserSpot report

Maui, Hawaii, United States

Kanaha

KiteSeptember

92% of September days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

September sits outside the best months here. This report carries the record for September as it is, and no direction or session norm, because there is none to quote. Section 02 shows the year-by-year spread; section 06 shows which months to come instead.

01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month windrecord only02The month's own records03Full stays, schools & kit04Per-launch notesno data05Reef, the Weird Wave & the airport limits06Getting there, packing & best months07Sources, and their limits
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
25 Sep 2026Record
2017 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, ECMWF IFS HRES 9 kmNormals
2017 to 2026
Nine Septembers
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Hour-by-hour & month-by-month wind

Rideable-day share by month, all three sports

Share of days with three or more daylight hours over each sport's threshold, counted from the record at 12 kt, Windsurf 13 kt and Wing 12 kt. Kahului has been checked against the model at 12 kn only, so the 13 kn Windsurf figure is counted but not checked against it.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite727991989896927971Windsurf516265758697979587707265Wing727991989896927971

Blue fill scales with the share. Selected month outlined. Threshold per row: Kite 12 kt · Windsurf 13 kt · Wing 12 kt.

Where the wind sits, September

Share of daylight hours in each speed band, blue above the threshold.

4–7
8–11
12–15
16–19
20–23
24–27
28–31

Not drawn: 7% of daylight hours under 4 kt.

When in the day, September

Share of days over 12 kt at each daylight hour.

8am
9
10
11
12pm
1pm
2
3
4
5
6pm

Rideable hours, not all hours. Every wind figure in this report is the mean over hours above the threshold.

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September's own records

The month's own figures from nine Septembers in the record, 2017 to 2026. Not the year's average.

Rideable days28 of 30Nine Septembers in the record
Strongest measured gust47 ktSeptember 2026, Kahului airport station, 1.3 km away. Twelve Septembers measured, 2015 to 2026. Station, not the beach.
Wind, rideable hours17 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air28.9°CMaximum
Hours over 12 kt9.5 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeAugust96%30 rideable days in 31
Your monthSeptember92%28 rideable days in 30
AfterOctober% rideable days in 30

What the percentage hides. A month at 80% can be twenty-four steady days or three windy weeks broken by a dead front.

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Full stays, schools & kit

Stays

Maui Seaside HotelHotel · KahuluiHotel on Kaahumanu Avenue in Kahului, with Tante’s Island Cuisine on site.
Aloha Surf Hostel$··Hostel · Paia · 5.6 km to KanahaBudget hostel on Baldwin Avenue in Paia with six-bed dorms with secure gear storage, and private rooms, between Ho’okipa and Kanaha.

Lessons

Hawaiian Sailboarding TechniquesSchool · Kite · Wing · WindsurfLessons with the instructor in the water beside the student.
Kiteboarding School of MauiSchool · Kite · WingPrivate and semi-private lessons at Kanaha, from 10:30am or 2pm.
Action Sports MauiSchool · Kite · Windsurf · Wing · IKOFamily-run school of more than 29 years teaching kite, windsurf and wing at Kanaha and Kite Beach, with IKO certification courses.

Kit

Kanaha KaiRental · Kite · Wing · WindsurfWindsurf, wing, kite and SUP rental close to the beach.
Second Wind MauiShop · Kite · Windsurf · WingKahului shop renting windsurf, kite, wing and foil kit and selling new and used gear, with lessons too.

Price band $ to $$$ only where sourced; none shown means none held. Contact details and brands stocked join this table when the operator directory is connected.

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Per-launch notes

Kite Beach
Low—Mid—High—

Low tide leaves the reef shallowest. Hours per tide state unknown until tide data arrives.

Naska, Old Man’s and Naish
Low—Mid—High—

No tide windows yet.

Pro Pool
Low—Mid—High—

No tide windows yet.

Tide data not yet available for this spot. The record holds wind, air and waves, not tide. Until a tide source is connected, the tables above stay empty rather than estimated. What the guide says about tide is on the next page, in words.

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Reef, the Weird Wave & the airport limits

Every hazard on the spot page, repeated here in full. Read this before you get wet.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Swimming zones and the 11am ruleSwimming zones A, B and C are for swimming only: no vessel or sailboard inside them. No sailboard may launch from Kanaha Beach Park before 11am. Windsurfing lessons and beginners may use the water within 300 feet of the shore between zones A and B after 9am.
Airport limits for kitesKahului Airport is next to the park. The Maui Kitesurf Community publishes the terms of the FAA waiver for kiting here: kiting only between official sunrise and sunset, no kite more than 125 feet above sea level, and no kiting in the corridor 2 nautical miles long and 1 nautical mile wide off the end of the runway. Its own safe riding guidelines add no riding before 11am.
Reef and the Weird WaveSharp coral reef and rocks lie offshore, most exposed at low tide. In the Weird Wave area between Lowers and Uppers the waves break unexpectedly. Currents are stronger around the reef and the wave zones.
Fishing lines and swimmersFishing lines and poles are in the water, and swimmers and paddlers share it. Keep clear of them.
Lifeguards and emergenciesThe lifeguard tower is staffed from 8am to 4:45pm every day. When no lifeguard is in the tower, call 911.
The reef

Sharp coral reef and rocks lie offshore, most exposed at low tide. In the Weird Wave area between Lowers and Uppers the waves break unexpectedly. Keep clear of the reef when you fall, and look at it from the shore before you launch.

Currents, swimming zones and the airport

Currents are stronger around the reef and the wave zones. Swimming zones A, B and C are for swimming only, and no sailboard may launch before 11am. Under the FAA waiver, kites fly only between official sunrise and sunset, stay below 125 feet above sea level and keep out of the corridor off the end of the Kahului runway. The Maui Kitesurf Community’s safe riding guidelines add no riding before 11am.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportKahului (OGG)Maui’s main airport, right beside the beach park.
SeasonJune to AugustThe only months with published wind figures; the station check withholds the other nine. June and July are the pick.
Getting aroundCarThe park is reached by Amala Place in Kahului.
What to pack
BeachSand, reef. Sandy launching areas, with sharp coral reef and rocks in the water, shallowest at low tide.WaterFlat to waves. Waves break on the reef. The Weird Wave area breaks unexpectedly.Water temp25 to 27°C. May to September, from compiled research, not measured. Boardshorts or a shorty.LaunchBy section. Schools and beginners on the sandy sections; waves for advanced riders.KitRent nearby. Kanaha Kai rents windsurf, wing and kite kit close to the beach.
Kite sizes for September

September has no session mean to size from, so no sizes are given.

JFMAMJJASOND

Best months, Kite. Record.

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Sources, and their limits

Where each section of this report comes from. Record is measured. Modelled is computed by a formula because no measurement exists yet; it looks like data and is not. Written is WindChaser's editorial copy, compiled from the sources below.

§WhatSourceLimit
01Kite month sharesRecordCounted at 12 kt for three daylight hours from ecmwf_ifs at 9 km, cell 4.83 km from the spot, January 2017 to September 2026, 10 years a month, corrected by month and hour against the Kahului station 1.32 km away. June to August only: the other nine months are withheld, their error out of sample over 10 points.
01Windsurf and Wing month sharesRecordCounted at 13 kt (Windsurf) and 12 kt (Wing) from the same series, by the same rule as the Kite share.
01Direction, strength, when it blowsWrittenDirection from a spot guide (Kite Insider). Strength and time of day read from the record.
02The month’s recordsRecordA 9 km global model nearly 5 km from the spot, checked against the Kahului station. Only June to August held within the check, so no share shows for the other nine months.
03Stays, schools and kitWrittenChecked on each business’s own website or a named rider source, most recently on 27 September 2026. Price bands only where a price is published.
04Tide windowsMissingNo tide source in the pipeline. The section renders its empty state.
05Rules, reef and the airportWrittenSwimming zones and the 11am sailboard rule from HAR §13-256-130. The FAA waiver terms (sunrise to sunset, 125 feet, the runway corridor) and the 11am start from the community’s own safe riding guidelines, both as published by the Maui Kitesurf Community; the FAA’s own text not read. Reef hazards from a spot guide.
06Airports, access, packing, kite sizesWrittenAirport from the State of Hawaii. Lifeguard hours from Hawaii Ocean Safety. Water temperature from compiled research, not measured. Sizes derived from the session mean.
MapsMissingNo drawn maps for this spot. No surveyed coordinates for the launches or the swimming zones.

The record

Hourly wind, 2017 to 2026, from ECMWF IFS HRES via Open-Meteo: a 9 km grid, read at the cell 4.8 km from the spot. It knows the wind over the cell, not the gust on the sand in front of you, and it knows the bearing, not the coastline: "side-onshore" is a rider's reading of the bearing. Each month is counted over nine to ten years.

What we could not source for Kanaha

Crowds by month: no count exists for Kanaha yet. A water quality classification, and a first-hand reading of the local vibe. Tide tables and per-launch tide windows. The FAA’s own text for the kite terms. Wind figures for September to May, which the Kahului station check withholds. Surveyed launch coordinates. A measured water temperature. A licensed photograph.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Compiled by WindChaser, 25 Sep 2026. Station data: Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS/METAR archive, Iowa State University, and the originating national service. Licence: Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS/METAR archive, terms per originating service. Hero photograph on the spot page by Kirt Edblom, CC BY-SA 2.0. Report generated 22 Oct 2026 from record version 2026.10; a report and its spot page are rendered from the same data and cannot disagree.

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