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Banyans surf break

Banyans surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 HST
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Banyans surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banyans sea temperature is
26.0° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banyans today?

The current surf forecast for Banyans at 9PM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (12 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)17s

Table - waves today at Banyans. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
4
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
1.1
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
NW
Period(s) (?)181716161616151514141414131313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25535831056790610879677737427315735324064003362452411931571529811312789
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
0
SW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
0
NE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
0
NW
5
S
5
SW
5
W
5
W
30
SSW
25
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
WSW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassoncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
0.68
11:42AM
0.30
1:43AM
0.72
1:00PM
0.29
2:21AM
0.77
1:53PM
0.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
0.14
8:58AM
0.28
5:43PM
0.13
9:24AM
0.24
6:34PM
0.10
9:49AM
0.20
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----7:00-------7:00-------7:01--
Sunset6:02-------6:04-------6:05-------
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C242323232323252424232323232324252524232323232524
Feels °C (?)272625262525262526252626262626222323222223232625
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