The Ranch Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.91° N 101.87° W

The Ranch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Ranch sea temperature is
30.1°C
0.9° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 19s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 19s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ranch at 5PM is: 0.7m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Evening (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)19s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 30°C on Thu morning, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.7
SW
19
0.7
SW
19
0.7
SW
19
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
1
SW
18
1.2
SW
18
1.2
SW
18
1.2
SW
17
1.3
SSW
17
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
299
249
380
376
364
475
460
614
905
895
864
941
1097
1070
1057
1170
1155
1018
1005
1005
1005
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
5
S
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
0
W
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
N
10
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NE
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
off
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
8:53AM0.76m
8:22PM0.65m
9:06AM0.70m
8:56PM0.65m
9:11AM0.65m
Low Tide
2:47PM0.28m
2:37AM0.13m
3:02PM0.26m
3:02AM0.23m
3:18PM0.25m
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part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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6:37
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6:37
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6:39
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6:31
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6:30
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6:30
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 mm
6
4
4
1
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1
1
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1
1
1
2
1
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3
2
1
Temp °C
27
28
28
28
27
26
26
26
27
29
29
28
27
26
26
26
27
30
28
27
26
Feels °C
32
33
34
33
31
30
30
31
32
33
33
33
33
31
30
30
31
34
31
32
31
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