Banyans surf break

Banyans surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 15 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 7AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
1.4
WNW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.8
WNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212161615151514141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15715212912712789167164527144914311118940773763597485368347352293253183178
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
WSW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
5
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NNE
0
SE
5
SE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NW
10
W
5
WSW
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassoffglassglasscross-
on
onglassglassglassoffglassglassonglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:21AM
0.77
1:53PM
0.30
2:56AM
0.80
2:34PM
0.31
3:30AM
0.83
3:12PM
0.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:49AM
0.20
7:19PM
0.08
10:14AM
0.18
8:01PM
0.05
10:40AM
0.16
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset------6:05-------6:06-------6:06-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C242424242523242323222222232322222221212123232322
Feels °C (?)232324242623242223222222242323232321212123222423
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