Ranches surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 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
24.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ranches today?

The current surf forecast for Ranches at 8AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
3
3
4
2
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
NW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
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
1.2
NNW
Period(s) (?)131412121313141413131516161415151515141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)889267748383103103123127155124119136228205201275482456418472465451
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
0
SSE
0
WNW
5
NNE
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
0
SW
0
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
WNW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNW
10
N
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
0.10
7:29PM
0.62
7:14AM
0.06
8:33PM
0.59
9:04AM
0.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00AM
0.04
11:31AM
-0.08
3:29AM
0.03
12:16PM
-0.04
4:52AM
0.02
1:17PM
0.01
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---6:09-------6:09-------6:07----
Sunset------6:53-------6:53-------6:53-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242424242524242424242323242425242423232324242624
Feels °C (?)272728272726272728282626262526252625252526252624
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