Ranches Surf Forecast

/ HAW – Oahu (122 breaks) / Hawaii (267 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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Ranches surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 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 27.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ranches today?

The current surf forecast for Ranches at 8PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (HST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	16s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	15s
Evening (17 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	14s

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

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	Friday 17					Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	15	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1141	987	846	811	581	563	444	364	255	251	205	177	147	140	126	137	125	141	125	111	144	186	204	326
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:52PM 0.52					2:49AM 0.45				2:25PM 0.47				3:18AM 0.51				2:55PM 0.42				3:47AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)					8:28PM 0.05				8:32AM 0.16				8:45PM 0.04				9:19AM 0.16				9:03PM 0.04

	Friday 17					Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	26	28	28	27	25	26	25	25	25	27	28	27	26	26	25	25	25
Feels °C (?)	30	27	27	27	27	25	25	26	27	27	27	25	26	25	25	25	27	26	26	27	27	26	26	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for HAW - Oahu

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ranches (light winds from the E at Wheeler Air Force Base/oahu Airport 23 km from Ranches). A 0.7m groundswell from the NW
2 hours 5 minutes ago Ranches

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23 km away, 2 h 5 min ago

9 km/h

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27.2

Air / Water (°C)

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