Banyans surf break

Banyans surfForecast / HAW – Big Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 16 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
25.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Banyans today?

The current surf forecast for Banyans at 6AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (16 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (16 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)101111111111101010101010101099999988812
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70674976374859558448740039233233227923118813613310379785651333323
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
W
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
0
E
0
S
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
0.75
2:45PM
0.49
2:54AM
0.75
3:20PM
0.57
3:24AM
0.72
3:56PM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
0.11
8:22PM
0.11
9:25AM
0.08
9:07PM
0.11
9:46AM
0.05
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise---6:31-------6:30-------6:28----
Sunset------6:32-------6:34-------6:34-
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
313332222121----11---12-
Temp. °C252523242425252524242425252525242424242425252524
Feels °C (?)272726262526262625252627272728272828282728272727
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