380.0 Puu Kukui Rain Gage at alt 5,771 ft, Maui205327156351102
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.0 mi away/5,771 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sand Box Beach, Hawaii
Beach in Maui County, Hawaii81°
85°/73°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 84°·Fresh breeze 21 mph ENE
Now. Sand Box Beach is 81° and mostly clear at 4 PM. With the humidity it feels like 84°. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Fresh breeze from the east-northeast at 21 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 74° by 11 PM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. Highs stay close to 85° all week. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:57 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 42 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
15Air quality
69%Humidity
33%Cloud
Now
4:00 PM
81feels84
21mph
Today
Oct 15
8573
23%
23mph
UV 10
Fri
Oct 16
8574
19%
24mph
UV 10
Sat
Oct 17
8469
13%
20mph
UV 10
Sun
Oct 18
8469
22mph
UV 10
Mon
Oct 19
8569
21mph
UV 9
Tue
Oct 20
8569
21mph
UV 9
Wed
Oct 21
8569
17mph
UV 9
81°
85°73°
85°74°
84°69°
84°69°
85°69°
85°69°
85°69°
As of 4:00 PM in Sand Box Beach, Hawaii.
Air quality
The air at Sand Box Beach
Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Kahului (HI), 13 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 8, good.
GoodModerate
- 8YesterdayOct 14
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 236°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Maui.
Surf zone forecast
Maui. Issued 3:02 PM HST Thu Oct 15.
| Shore | Tonight | Friday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | PM | AM | PM | |
| North Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 6-8 | 8-12 |
| West Facing | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-4 |
| South Facing | 4-6 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 3-5 |
| East Facing | 3-5 | 3-5 | 4-6 | 4-6 |
| Forecast | Tonight | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | Mostly sunny until 6 PM, then mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then partly cloudy. Scattered showers | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers |
| High temperature | - | In the mid 80s |
| Low temperature | In the mid 70s | - |
| Winds | East winds around 15 mph | East winds around 15 mph |
| Sunrise | - | 6:21 AM HST |
| Sunset | - | 6:01 PM HST |
| Tides | KahuluiLow 0.2 ft, 9:58 PM | KahuluiHigh 2.0 ft, 6:33 AM |
Beach
- County
- Maui County
- State
- Hawaii
- Latitude
- 20.9121° N
- Longitude
- 156.6925° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Sand Box Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station WH6BXKWH6BXK
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.4 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
KahuluiPHOG
At an airfield/16.7 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
LahainaPKIH1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/370 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Wailuku 1.2 SHI-MI-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.1 mi away/522 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Hawaii
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Sand Box Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kaanapalicommunity, 1 mi
- Lahainacommunity, 2 mi
- Napili-Honokowaicommunity, 4 mi
- Mahinahinacommunity, 4 mi
- Launiupokocommunity, 6 mi
- Kapaluacommunity, 6 mi
- Olowalucommunity, 8 mi
- Wailukucity, 12 mi
- Waihee-Waiehucommunity, 13 mi
- Waikapucommunity, 13 mi
- Ualapuecommunity, 14 mi
- Kahuluicity, 14 mi
Beaches near Sand Box Beach
- Hanakao'o Beach Parkunder 1 mi
- Wahine Peʻe Beachunder 1 mi
- Kāʻanapali Beach2 mi
- Puʻunoa2 mi
- Kahekili Beach2 mi
- Keka'a Beach2 mi
- Baby Beach2 mi
- Honokowai Beach Park3 mi