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Ranches surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 15 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
25.3° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ranches today?

The current surf forecast for Ranches at 7PM is: 4.5m 15s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (15 Jan)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (15 Jan)15ft (4.5m)15s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
7
7
7
6
5
5
5
4
5
5
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NW
4
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NNW
4
NNW
4
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.3
N
2.1
N
2
N
2
N
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.6
N
1.7
NW
Period(s) (?)131416151515141414141313131212121212121212111219
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3452571894109264836273316584589551184238370831702611206515911269111111119888808646636872010
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
35
NNW
35
N
35
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
30
NE
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
20
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
0.14
3:29AM
0.65
3:00PM
0.16
4:02AM
0.67
3:40PM
0.17
4:33AM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:35AM
0.11
7:39PM
-0.01
10:58AM
0.09
8:20PM
-0.02
11:23AM
0.08
8:59PM
-0.03
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:13-------7:13
Sunset--6:10-------6:12-------6:12-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221202020201921222120202121212223232222212122
Feels °C (?)171515131414141316171617171716171920181718171818
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