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Ranches surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 11 Mar 2026 HST
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Ranches surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ranches sea temperature is
24.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ranches today?

The current surf forecast for Ranches at 6PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (11 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (11 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
1.7
S
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.4
N
3.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)12121211111111101010101010101061091288888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16419919318017332931731325921217023719816315819098694413681268138417631583
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
50
S
45
S
50
S
50
S
50
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
45
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
0.09
12:16AM
0.48
12:33PM
0.11
1:07AM
0.50
1:23PM
0.14
1:47AM
0.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.12
3:28PM
0.08
8:32AM
0.09
5:03PM
0.07
8:45AM
0.07
6:15PM
0.05
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
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Sunset--6:39-------6:40-------6:40-----
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Rain (mm)
132211111134--18813119342926139
Temp. °C242424242424242424212223232322232322222223222423
Feels °C (?)232223242324242422202021212320191817161618171918
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