The Ranch Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.91° N 101.87° W

The Ranch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Ranch sea temperature is
30.4°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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ranch at 12PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (01 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 31°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
4
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1.3
SW
13
1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SW
17
0.9
SW
16
1.6
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
18
1.5
SSW
18
1.6
SSW
18
1.4
SW
17
1.5
SW
17
1.5
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
351
341
346
346
346
527
341
261
341
390
469
488
508
502
515
295
344
481
1415
1579
1098
1290
1260
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
NE
10
N
10
NW
5
W
5
W
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
W
0
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
on
on
on
glassy
High Tide
8:08AM0.67m
7:39PM0.40m
8:08AM0.73m
7:01PM0.40m
8:18AM0.79m
6:48PM0.43m
Low Tide
00:51AM0.36m
3:35PM0.34m
00:29AM0.28m
3:18PM0.35m
00:39AM0.18m
3:01PM0.36m
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6:33
6:33
6:33
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7:00
7:00
7:00
 mm
2
1
1
Temp °C
26
26
26
27
29
29
28
27
26
25
28
31
31
29
27
27
26
26
28
31
31
29
28
Feels °C
31
31
31
31
33
33
32
31
30
28
32
34
33
32
31
33
31
30
33
35
34
32
33
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