Ranches surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 06 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
24.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ranches today?

The current surf forecast for Ranches at 2PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.8
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)161313121212121816161615151515141414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)122848077739069111132211208280318365355341440410437488537529488355
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
E
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
S
10
SW
5
NW
5
N
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
SSE
15
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:10AM
0.13
7:51PM
0.48
6:44AM
0.09
8:53PM
0.46
8:15AM
0.07
10:03PM
0.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
0.11
11:47AM
0.01
4:12AM
0.12
12:18PM
0.03
6:08AM
0.10
1:03PM
0.06
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise-6:20-------6:20-------6:18------
Sunset----6:49-------6:49-------6:50---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------22----2126511
Temp. °C222223242423232221222424232323232323252421232324
Feels °C (?)232223242424242322232425242525242425262623242322
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