Banyans surf break

Banyans surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 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
26.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Banyans today?

The current surf forecast for Banyans at 3PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (18 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (18 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
NW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
NW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151515151514121414121414141313131320
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6410063616084575756555454393332353219181817171738
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
WNW
20
NW
5
WSW
10
SSE
0
WNW
10
NNW
0
WSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
NW
15
NW
5
W
5
S
5
S
5
W
10
W
10
W
10
SSW
10
S
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncrossglassglassononcrosscrossglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56PM
0.60
2:42AM
0.66
2:27PM
0.56
3:10AM
0.72
2:56PM
0.52
3:39AM
0.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
0.20
8:14PM
0.08
8:48AM
0.18
8:33PM
0.07
9:30AM
0.18
8:52PM
0.07
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:20-------6:20
Sunset--5:58-------5:57-------5:57-----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------11--1----11---
Temp. °C272626262525252627262625252525252726262525252525
Feels °C (?)292726302729283029282827282828282929292829282827
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Big Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Banyans (calm at Kailua Kona 2 km from Banyans). 0.5m 17s long period groundswell from the WNW with a 0.3m 12s groundswell, also from the WNW and a 0.2m 3s local chop, also from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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3 km/h
WNW
Clean
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