Banyans Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Banyans is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with glassy / no wind from the E, on a low outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | S |
| Best wind | glassy / no wind from the E |
| Best tide | low & outgoing |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-06-26 11:30 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 3.6 ft |
| Dominant period | 15s |
| Swell direction | SSW (197°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 51212 (184 mi away) |
| Wind | 4 kt from the ESE — NDBC KWHH1 (31 mi away) |
Banyans 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Banyans from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Jun 26 | 2–3 ft | 16s SSW | 6 kt SW |
| Sat Jun 27 | 2–3 ft | 20s SSW | 9 kt SSW |
| Sun Jun 28 | 3 ft | 17s SSW | 8 kt WNW |
| Mon Jun 29 | 3 ft | 15s SSW | 6 kt SW |
| Tue Jun 30 | 2–3 ft | 14s SSW | 7 kt SW |
| Wed Jul 1 | 2 ft | 14s SW | 6 kt W |
| Thu Jul 2 | 3 ft | 19s SSW | 5 kt SSW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 1617433 (Kawaihae), the nearest tide station (31 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 03:16 — Low 0.184 ft
- 2026-06-06 08:51 — High 0.731 ft
- 2026-06-06 13:01 — Low 0.506 ft
- 2026-06-06 20:22 — High 1.914 ft
- 2026-06-07 03:53 — Low 0.136 ft
- 2026-06-07 10:18 — High 0.955 ft
Frequently asked
Is Banyans good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-06-26 11:30 UTC), Banyans is looking good: the live 2–4 ft medium-period swell from the S matches its ideal S direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the SE.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Banyans come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 51212) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Kawaihae). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Banyans?
Banyans is most often good on a 2–4 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with glassy / no wind from the E, on a low outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Banyans is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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