Banyans surf break

Banyans surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 17 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 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Banyans today?

The current surf forecast for Banyans at 7PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.8
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.6
NW
0.4
WNW
0.6
NW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313181817161614141414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2932882291781781781141131118715027024229925124524816478140116848275
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
S
0
SSW
5
N
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
NE
5
NW
5
N
0
SSW
0
SE
5
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
SSW
10
SSE
5
SW
5
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:12PM
0.33
4:02AM
0.85
3:48PM
0.35
4:32AM
0.86
4:27PM
0.37
5:01AM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:40AM
0.16
8:39PM
0.03
11:06AM
0.14
9:16PM
0.03
11:32AM
0.13
9:53PM
0.05
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-------7:01-------7:01-------7:01
Sunset--6:06-------6:07-------6:07-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242423222222222223232322222121222323232222222222
Feels °C (?)242423232324232322222423232222232323232322232323
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