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Runaway Bay surfForecast / Jamaica / Jamaica

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 10 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
27.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Runaway Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Runaway Bay at 12AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)777766776666666566666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)200200149117110113999959554434232437398587734442374740
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
E
10
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
0.25
5:08AM
0.29
3:26PM
0.22
5:57AM
0.30
4:33PM
0.20
6:37AM
0.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:33PM
0.11
11:27AM
0.20
10:19PM
0.09
12:41PM
0.18
11:04PM
0.08
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:43-------6:43--
Sunset5:49-------5:50-------5:51-------
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11-----12------11-------
Temp. °C262626262525262626252525242526262625252525252627
Feels °C (?)262626262525262728282828262726262626262625252728
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