Auau Channel is a channel between West Maui and Lanai in the Hawaiian Islands, sheltered from the prevailing trade winds by the West Maui Mountains. The tide is mixed and small, with a mean range of 1.57 ft (0.48 m) at the nearest reference station, Kahului, on the Maui side.
- Type
- Channel
- Location
- Maui, United States
- Setting
- Between West Maui and Lanai in the Hawaiian Islands, sheltered from the prevailing trade winds by the West Maui Mountains
- Tidal range
- The tide is mixed and small, with a mean range of 1.57 ft (0.48 m) at the nearest reference station, Kahului, on the Maui side.
- Notable
- The Auau Channel is the principal North Pacific humpback whale calving and nursing ground and lies within NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, designated 1992 (NOAA NMS).
