The Ranch surfForecast / Jamaica / Jamaica

information circle48hr 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) & DateWave HeightWave 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
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)777777777777777777776666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)136117131155202188160134124120140151140120120998873575642353426
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
E
20
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
NNE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
onononglasson
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-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----23----11111--------
Temp. °C292929292828282829292928282828282929292928282727
Feels °C (?)323131323131313131313232313233333332333331323131
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Jamaica

  1. weather stationWind 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.

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