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 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 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 30.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 6PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	7s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	7s
Evening (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s

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

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	136	117	131	155	202	188	160	134	124	120	140	151	140	120	120	99	88	73	57	56	42	35	34	26
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	NNE	NNE	E	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	NNE	NE	ENE	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)				6:13PM 0.34				6:12AM 0.19				6:53PM 0.34				6:53AM 0.22					7:27PM 0.34
Low Tide / height (m)		10:53AM 0.06					1:08AM 0.09			11:51AM 0.05					1:32AM 0.09			12:40PM 0.06					1:52AM 0.09

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	27
Feels °C (?)	32	31	31	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	31	32	33	33	33	32	33	33	31	32	31	31

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Jamaica

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at The Ranch (light winds from the NNE at Kingston/Norman Manley International Airport 63 km from The Ranch). 1.2m 7s swell from the E with a 1.0m 7s swell from the ESE and a 0.6m 6s windswell from the NE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 6 minutes ago The Ranch

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