The Ranch Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.91° N 101.87° W

The Ranch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Ranch sea temperature is
30.0°C
0.8° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Ranch at 2PM is: 1.2m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 2.0m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (10 Oct)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (10 Oct)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 89mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 24°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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
1
1
3
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SW
11
2.2
SSW
9
1.2
SSW
16
3
SW
13
3
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
11
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
19
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.2
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
2
SSW
17
2
SSW
17
1.8
SSW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1749
875
691
2596
2144
1409
1155
1155
1141
1112
967
893
807
1076
997
975
835
1033
2309
2256
1821
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
25
SE
30
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
5
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
W
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
8:30AM0.58m
11:11PM0.53m
7:31AM0.59m
6:40AM0.65m
Low Tide
3:40PM0.24m
2:32AM0.51m
3:37PM0.25m
3:11PM0.25m
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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6:39
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1
4
13
4
12
21
27
6
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Temp °C
27
29
27
26
26
25
24
24
24
25
26
26
25
24
24
24
25
28
29
27
26
Feels °C
30
29
27
28
28
28
28
28
27
28
29
29
28
27
27
26
28
31
32
31
30
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