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Ranches surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 25 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
24.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ranches today?

The current surf forecast for Ranches at 11PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)--
Afternoon (25 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (25 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
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)
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
4
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.4
NW
1.3
N
1.3
N
0.8
NW
1.4
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.3
NW
1.4
NNW
1.6
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.3
NNW
2.2
NNW
2.1
NNW
2
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.8
NNW
Period(s) (?)1313131312157712111212121515151515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)144140138134124831531622174715326574638111074203822922324230320661873160013961247
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
0
NW
5
N
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
W
5
ESE
5
E
5
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
5
SE
0
S
5
SW
5
S
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		glasscross-
off		offoffoffoffglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:13PM
0.48
9:01AM
0.21
12:22AM
0.56
10:42AM
0.14
1:21AM
0.63
12:35PM
0.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:16PM
-0.01
6:35AM
0.23
4:05PM
-0.02
8:34AM
0.17
5:04PM
-0.02
9:21AM
0.11
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise-----7:11-------7:11-------7:11--
Sunset6:17-------6:17-------6:19-------
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C242423232323232424242424232324242424242323232425
Feels °C (?)262626252424242627272727252525252527282626262526
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