Ranches surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 HST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
24.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ranches today?

The current surf forecast for Ranches at 12AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
NNW
0.8
NNW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)141413131516161415151515141414131313131311111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)103103123127155124119136228205201275482456427472465388382364264260184180
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
SW
0
S
5
SSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
0.62
7:14AM
0.06
8:33PM
0.59
9:04AM
0.05
9:41PM
0.55
11:06AM
0.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:29AM
0.03
12:16PM
-0.04
4:52AM
0.02
1:17PM
0.01
5:52AM
-0.01
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset6:53-------6:53-------6:53-------
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C242424242324242425242423232324252624232323232324
Feels °C (?)262728282627262627252625252526262623242424232222
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

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 Ranches 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 locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest