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Banyans surf break

Banyans surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 12 Mar 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
25.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Banyans today?

The current surf forecast for Banyans at 6AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.6
S
1.7
S
1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)121211111111101010101010101010101010669988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)196189180173210202195191184180180167133131102102102100152185168219234278
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
30
S
10
S
5
NNW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
NNE
5
E
15
SSE
35
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
40
S
45
S
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33PM
0.62
11:51AM
0.25
12:33AM
0.66
12:59PM
0.30
1:16AM
0.70
1:38PM
0.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
0.23
4:13PM
0.21
8:21AM
0.20
5:44PM
0.19
8:33AM
0.17
6:45PM
0.16
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---6:33-------6:33-------6:33----
Sunset------6:31-------6:31-------6:32-
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-1--131-----1253526112211
Temp. °C242424252424252424242525262524242424232325252525
Feels °C (?)252525262225272626252625232322212019181921222221
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