The Ranch Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.91° N 101.87° W

The Ranch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Ranch sea temperature is
30.7°C
1.6° 

The Ranch surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Ranch today (01 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ranch at 8PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)--
Afternoon (01 Oct)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1.1
SW
17
1.1
SW
17
1.3
W
12
1.3
W
12
1
SW
17
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1
SW
15
1
SW
15
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
371
381
521
527
633
648
480
488
560
508
483
400
459
465
539
628
636
573
483
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
0
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
N
Wind State
on
on
glassy
glassy
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
6:13PM0.37m
7:35AM0.84m
6:25PM0.44m
7:55AM0.85m
6:50PM0.52m
Low Tide
2:40PM0.32m
11:56PM0.13m
2:18PM0.33m
00:32AM0.06m
2:14PM0.33m
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Temp °C
30
28
26
26
26
25
27
29
28
27
27
26
25
25
27
29
29
28
27
Feels °C
34
33
31
31
30
29
31
34
32
32
32
31
29
29
32
33
33
33
33
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