The Ranch Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.91° N 101.87° W

The Ranch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Ranch sea temperature is
29.6°C
0.5° 

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 (29 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ranch at 4PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Afternoon (29 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (29 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sat morning, min 24°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.2
SW
14
0.9
SSW
18
1.1
SW
18
1.1
SW
18
1.5
SSW
15
1.6
SW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
929
843
894
801
791
770
760
750
640
631
623
614
553
727
711
1083
1193
1339
1449
1611
1431
Wind (km/h)
5
N
5
WNW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNE
5
N
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
0
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
0
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
on
on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
6:12AM0.79m
6:31AM0.82m
5:09PM0.37m
6:53AM0.83m
6:01PM0.45m
Low Tide
10:05PM0.17m
2:02PM0.33m
11:12PM0.12m
1:38PM0.32m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
26
29
29
27
26
25
25
24
26
29
28
27
26
26
25
25
27
30
29
28
26
Feels °C
30
32
31
31
31
29
29
27
30
33
31
31
31
31
29
29
31
34
33
33
31
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