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Banyans surf break

Banyans surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 20 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
25.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Banyans today?

The current surf forecast for Banyans at 12AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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)
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.7
WNW
1.1
NW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)161514141414131616161515141414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)261242251301297186178216232558608568561431425413396373304295290290209206
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
N
10
NE
5
N
5
ENE
0
ENE
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
SSW
10
S
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
NW
5
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:08PM
0.41
5:29AM
0.81
5:53PM
0.44
5:57AM
0.75
6:44PM
0.48
6:26AM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:31PM
0.09
12:23PM
0.11
11:13PM
0.15
12:50PM
0.10
12:02AM
0.22
1:18PM
0.10
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----7:00-------7:00-------7:00--
Sunset6:07-------6:08-------6:09-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242323232324252524242323232324242423232323232424
Feels °C (?)242323242424252425262324252525242625252425252424
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