Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Runaway Bay today (23 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with ENE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Runaway Bay at 4PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (EST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (23 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 6s |
| Evening (23 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Runaway Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Fri morning, min 26°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | E 5 | E 6 | ESE 6 | E 6 | ESE 6 | E 6 | E 5 | E 6 | E 6 | E 5 | ESE 8 | E 8 | ESE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 4 | E 5 | E 4 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 30 | 70 | 80 | 59 | 44 | 35 | 28 | 66 | 48 | 51 | 152 | 121 | 45 | 94 | 64 | 22 | 66 | 82 | 42 | 52 | 19 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross |
High Tide | 6:21PM0.30m | 5:19AM0.19m | 6:59PM0.31m | 6:07AM0.19m | 7:33PM0.32m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:46AM0.08m | 1:10AM0.15m | 11:32AM0.06m | 1:41AM0.14m | 12:13PM0.05m | ||||||||||||||||
 | |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
Feels °C | 31 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 7 | — | — | — | E 6 | E 5 | E 6 | E 6 | ENE 8 | — | — | — | ESE 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ESE 8 | ENE 7 | — | — | NE 8 | E 4 |
| kJ | 5 | — | — | — | 39 | 18 | 28 | 37 | 6 | — | — | — | 12 | 80 | 11 | 22 | 10 | — | — | 2 | 19 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 7 | — | — | — | ESE 7 | ESE 6 | NE 5 | NE 7 | — | — | — | — | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | — | ENE 7 | — | — | — | — | ESE 8 |
| kJ | 10 | — | — | — | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 11 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | E 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | — | ESE 6 | E 6 | E 5 | E 6 | E 6 | E 5 | ESE 8 | E 8 | E 5 | E 8 | E 8 | E 4 | E 5 | ESE 4 |
| kJ | 30 | 70 | 80 | 59 | 44 | 35 | — | 66 | 48 | 51 | 152 | 121 | 45 | 94 | 64 | 10 | 66 | 82 | 42 | 52 | 9 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 881 | 878 | 864 | 878 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 784 | 409 | 878 | 654 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 506 | 881 | 770 | 770 | 0 | 77 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Runaway Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest