The Ranch Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.91° N 101.87° W

The Ranch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Ranch sea temperature is
30.4°C
1.3° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ranch at 11AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 1.2m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (27 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Sun morning, min 26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
3
4
3
2
4
3
3
3
3
5
4
3
3
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
W
12
1.5
W
12
1.4
SW
13
1.5
W
12
1.4
W
12
0.9
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1.3
W
11
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
2.5
SE
9
1.6
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.4
SSE
10
3.5
SE
11
1.9
SSE
11
3.5
SSE
10
4.5
SE
10
3.5
SSE
10
4
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
604
670
638
617
529
418
508
508
418
411
344
322
318
1079
490
320
394
2490
807
2260
3714
2339
3283
Wind (km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
W
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
15
SE
10
E
0
NNE
5
W
5
SSW
5
SW
10
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ESE
15
SE
30
SE
25
SE
15
SE
Wind State
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
on
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
8:27AM0.60m
10:17PM0.51m
7:48AM0.63m
7:17AM0.69m
8:41PM0.33m
Low Tide
2:53AM0.41m
3:25PM0.24m
2:00AM0.47m
3:40PM0.24m
3:48PM0.25m
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
6:37
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:37
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:37
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
6:38
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:37
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:37
—
 mm
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
2
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
2
3
3
2
Temp °C
26
26
27
30
30
29
28
27
26
26
28
29
30
29
27
27
27
27
29
30
30
28
27
Feels °C
31
31
32
34
33
34
33
32
29
30
34
33
35
34
31
32
31
31
33
32
31
29
29
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 The Ranch 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 locationNearest