Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Rancio today (29 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Rancio at 10PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (-04) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (29 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
| Evening (29 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at El Rancio. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 29 | Wednesday 30 | Thursday 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 14 | SSW 11 | SW 15 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 7 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 12 | SW 13 | SSW 11 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 130 | 127 | 149 | 107 | 171 | 107 | 135 | 61 | 104 | 114 | 128 | 138 | 167 | 131 | 131 | 184 | 164 | 160 | 153 | 157 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | glassy |
High Tide | 11:27AM0.95m | 11:57PM1.19m | 12:07PM0.87m | 00:41AM1.20m | 12:53PM0.78m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:25PM0.16m | 6:25AM0.24m | 5:59PM0.19m | 7:21AM0.27m | 6:37PM0.23m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 |
Feels °C | 18 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 10 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 |
| kJ | 130 | 127 | 100 | 85 | 61 | 106 | 101 | 61 | 79 | 39 | 128 | 138 | 135 | 131 | 131 | 110 | 149 | 126 | 153 | 157 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SW 14 | SSW 11 | SW 15 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | WSW 9 | SW 15 | SW 15 | WSW 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 13 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 |
| kJ | 95 | 68 | 149 | 107 | 171 | 105 | 135 | 54 | 104 | 107 | 28 | 131 | 167 | 77 | 121 | 184 | 164 | 160 | 135 | 128 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 11 | SW 14 | SSW 11 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | SSW 10 | WSW 9 | SW 9 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 |
| kJ | 91 | 91 | 66 | 99 | 66 | 107 | 78 | 59 | 30 | 31 | 40 | 31 | 20 | 100 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 47 | 42 | 71 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 6 | — | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | — | — | — | — | SSW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 11 | — | 6 | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 114 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 147 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 191 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 191 | 147 | 0 |
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