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Runaway Bay surfForecast / Jamaica / Jamaica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 EST
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Runaway Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Runaway Bay sea temperature is
27.8° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Runaway Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Runaway Bay at 12AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (30 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (30 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
E
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1.1
NW
1.3
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.8
NNW
Period(s) (?)887745666667777775667567
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131317169284753625448402618159945698310090244330
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ENE
5
NW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
5
SW
15
NNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29PM
0.24
7:48AM
0.39
7:24PM
0.26
8:30AM
0.40
8:14PM
0.28
9:08AM
0.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
0.12
12:42AM
-0.00
2:13PM
0.10
1:33AM
-0.00
2:54PM
0.09
2:19AM
0.01
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:43-------6:41--
Sunset6:00-------6:00-------6:01-------
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
111-----211-1---154--11-
Temp. °C262525242424262626252524242326272724242424232121
Feels °C (?)272727262626282728272826262429272723222221201616
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