Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at The Ranch today (17 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
The current surf forecast for The Ranch at 5PM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 1.9m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (EST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Aug) | 6ft (1.9m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (17 Aug) | 6ft (1.9m) | 9s |
| Evening (17 Aug) | 6ft (1.8m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at The Ranch. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 27°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | E 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 646 | 619 | 812 | 537 | 463 | 370 | 313 | 256 | 217 | 183 | 183 | 197 | 226 | 220 | 170 | 155 | 128 | 140 | 128 | 125 | 153 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 12:55PM0.27m | 11:38PM0.20m | 2:09PM0.27m | 11:11PM0.17m | 3:36PM0.26m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:14PM0.17m | 6:20AM0.09m | 10:19PM0.17m | 7:01AM0.08m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 5:47 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
Feels °C | 30 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | NE 7 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | NE 6 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 |
| kJ | 646 | 51 | 606 | 537 | 463 | 370 | 313 | 256 | 217 | 183 | 183 | 197 | 226 | 220 | 170 | 155 | 128 | 25 | 128 | 125 | 153 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | — | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 6 | — | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 5 | — | — | NE 6 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 79 | — | 38 | 29 | 32 | — | 18 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 10 | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ESE 9 | E 9 | — | NE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ESE 7 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 5 |
| kJ | — | 619 | 812 | — | 15 | 14 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 140 | 11 | 10 | 4 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 663 | 775 | 775 | 387 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 672 | 763 | 775 | 60 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 779 | 541 | 541 | 775 | 42 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Ranch surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest