The Ranch Surf Forecast

/ Jamaica (12 surf breaks) /

Jamaica (12 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

The Ranch surfForecast / Jamaica / Jamaica

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 EST

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The Ranch surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's The Ranch sea temperature is 30.4° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Ranch today?

The current surf forecast for The Ranch at 5AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	7s
Evening (20 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	7s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	106	134	147	160	178	160	160	160	160	140	126	126	122	114	142	170	207	176	416	551	625	612	567	567
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	E	E	ESE	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					8:17AM 0.34				8:01PM 0.23				8:49AM 0.35				8:24PM 0.20				9:22AM 0.34
Low Tide / height (m)			1:34AM 0.07				2:45PM 0.11				1:54AM 0.06				3:26PM 0.11				2:15AM 0.05					4:10PM 0.11

		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-

Rain (mm)	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	2	2	1	1	2
Temp. °C	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	27
Feels °C (?)	32	31	30	30	31	31	31	32	31	31	30	31	33	33	33	32	33	29	28	29	28	28	29	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Jamaica

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at The Ranch (light winds from the NW at Kingston/Norman Manley International Airport 63 km from The Ranch). 1.2m 6s windswell from the ESE with a 0.5m 12s groundswell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 19 minutes ago The Ranch

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