Balls Bowls Surf Forecast

/ Okinawa (32 surf breaks) /

Japan (129 surf breaks)

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Balls Bowls surfForecast / Okinawa / Japan

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Monday 18 Aug 2025 JST

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Balls Bowls surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Balls Bowls sea temperature is 29.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Balls Bowls today?

The current surf forecast for Balls Bowls at 4AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am August 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (JST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (18 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	12s

Table - waves today at Balls Bowls. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Hourly 12 Days

Okinawa Surf

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	Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	SE	NW	NW	NW	NW	E	E	E	E	E	SE
Period(s) (?)	5	5	9	9	9	9	10	12	6	7	7	15	15	10	6	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	5
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	83	67	57	40	35	42	80	26	113	169	132	26	41	22	35	23	18	12	18	14	14	14	14	8
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	N	NW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:40AM 1.64					3:50PM 1.42			2:15AM 1.62					5:01PM 1.54				3:40AM 1.69				5:45PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)				8:23AM 0.49				8:28PM 1.19					9:48AM 0.40				10:05PM 1.12				10:51AM 0.28

	Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	1	2	5	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	1	-
Temp. °C	28	27	27	28	29	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	28	29	29	28	27	27	27	28	29	29	28	28
Feels °C (?)	30	29	29	30	32	30	28	28	28	28	30	30	31	32	33	32	31	31	30	31	32	33	31	32

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Okinawa

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Balls Bowls (calm at Nago 14 km from Balls Bowls). 0.9m 5s windswell from the SE with a 0.4m 5s windswell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 45 min ago

4 km/h

SSE

Clean

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