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Balls Bowls in Okinawa is a quite exposed reef break that has fairly consistent surf. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. The best wind direction is from the west. Waves more likely to be from local windswells than distant groundswells and the best wave direction is from the northeast. Both left and right reef breaks. It's sometimes crowded here. Take care of rocks and coral.

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Overall Balls Bowls Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Balls Bowls:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Ikei Island	5 mi
Second closest break	Tengan	7 mi
Third closest break	Futami	9 mi
Fourth closest break	Sunset	9 mi
Fifth closest break	Buma	10 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Balls Bowls:
Closest wave buoy	Western Aleutians Buoy	3164 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Bering Sea Buoy	3398 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Southeast Bering Sea Buoy	3594 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Shumagin Islands Buoy	4053 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Aleutians Buoy	4310 mi
Tide stations nearest to Balls Bowls:
Closest tide station	Isikawa, Okinawa, Japan	7 mi
Second closest tide station	Sukku, Okinawa, Japan	8 mi
Third closest tide station	Hesikiya, Okinawa, Japan	11 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Awase, Okinawa, Japan	12 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Toguti, Okinawa, Japan	14 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Balls Bowls:
Closest ski area	Megahira Onsen Megahira (Japan)	608 mi
Second closest ski area	Osorakan (Japan)	615 mi
Third closest ski area	White-Valley Matsubara (Japan)	621 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Yawata Kogen 191 (Japan)	622 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Pine Ridge Resorts Geihoku (Japan)	625 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Balls Bowls:
Closest city location	Gushikawa (Japan)	9 mi
Second closest city location	Ishikawa (Japan)	9 mi
Third closest city location	Nago (Japan)	9 mi
Fourth closest city location	Haebaru (Japan)	10 mi
Fifth closest city location	Okinawa (Japan)	12 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Balls Bowls is Kadena Ab Airport (DNA) in Japan, 22 km (14 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Balls Bowls is Naha Airport (OKA), also in Japan, 42 km (26 miles) away.
• Third is Yoron Airport (RNJ) in Japan, 79 km (49 miles) away.
• Kumejima Airport (UEO) in Japan is 124 km (77 miles) away.
• Tokunoshima Airport (TKN), also in Japan is the fifth nearest airport to Balls Bowls and is 179 km (111 miles) away.