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Ranches surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 28 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
24.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ranches today?

The current surf forecast for Ranches at 11AM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Afternoon (28 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (28 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
4
3
4
4
5
4
5
7
8
7
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NNW
2
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.2
NW
1.4
NW
1.8
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
1.9
NW
2.5
NW
3.5
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
Period(s) (?)151414141313131312171616151514141414141717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)184715781396123085073459648935988510391532223822782119252729762855270821674091700973826912
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NW
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
on		onononglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35PM
0.12
2:12AM
0.69
1:53PM
0.12
2:58AM
0.73
2:52PM
0.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
0.11
6:07PM
-0.04
9:55AM
0.06
7:08PM
-0.05
10:27AM
0.04
8:04PM
-0.06
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-7:11-------7:11-------7:11------
Sunset----6:20-------6:20-------6:21---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232324242424232323232425252525242423242323222122
Feels °C (?)252525242526252627252525262627262524252222212022
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