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Ranches surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 17 Jan 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
25.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ranches today?

The current surf forecast for Ranches at 3AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)6ft (1.9m)18s
Afternoon (18 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (18 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.8
NW
2.3
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.8
NW
1
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
Period(s) (?)121212111218171616161514141413131313121217131615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)986872843747674208230873090302029442055162413631147778618552473335286350318886767
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
5
S
10
SSE
10
E
15
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
10
WNW
10
W
0
SSE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
N
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40PM
0.17
4:33AM
0.68
4:20PM
0.19
5:04AM
0.67
5:02PM
0.21
5:34AM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:59PM
-0.03
11:47AM
0.07
9:38PM
-0.02
12:12PM
0.05
10:17PM
-0.01
12:38PM
0.04
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-----7:13-------7:13-------7:13--
Sunset6:12-------6:13-------6:14-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232322212122232323232222222324242423232323232424
Feels °C (?)191920191920202222222022222225232424232424242424
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