Ranches surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 09 Apr 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
24.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ranches today?

The current surf forecast for Ranches at 4AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
1
WSW
1
SW
1
SW
1
WSW
0.4
NW
0.7
NW
0.9
NW
1.2
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
Period(s) (?)12121212121211111111111177771212121111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48835534926826819311996737394718591919355146236380375348296290
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
30
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
S
40
SSE
20
SE
15
NNE
30
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
5
W
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:03PM
0.45
11:00AM
0.08
11:09PM
0.45
12:20PM
0.12
12:03AM
0.45
1:03PM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
0.07
2:29PM
0.09
7:14AM
0.05
4:18PM
0.09
7:33AM
0.03
5:44PM
0.09
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---6:18-------6:18-------6:16----
Sunset------6:50-------6:50-------6:51-
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--212441532439512----------
Temp. °C242323242323222322222220232323232322222323232423
Feels °C (?)232119191919171817182221212526252422222423232524
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