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Banyans surf break

Banyans surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 14 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 1PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (14 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
NW
0.7
NW
0.8
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121212121212161615151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)406400336245241164157152989612789137167505111511011019773773685606437368
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SW
10
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.29
2:21AM
0.77
1:53PM
0.30
2:56AM
0.80
2:34PM
0.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
0.24
6:34PM
0.10
9:49AM
0.20
7:19PM
0.08
10:14AM
0.18
8:01PM
0.05
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise-7:00-------7:01-------7:01------
Sunset----6:05-------6:05-------6:06---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------2------------
Temp. °C232325252424242323232423242323222222242423222221
Feels °C (?)262526232224242222232524252425232222252524232321
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