Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Buma today (20 Oct):
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Buma at 9PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 20). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (JST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | - | - |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Buma. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 49mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 23°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the NE by Thu morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 14 | ESE 14 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 9 | NNW 7 | N 7 | NNE 7 | SE 17 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NE 7 | NNE 8 | N 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 0 | 0 | 123 | 47 | 44 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 443 | 692 | 962 | 979 | 589 | 829 | 470 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 3:47PM1.48m | 2:53AM1.42m | 4:19PM1.59m | 4:00AM1.54m | 4:47PM1.70m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:30PM1.08m | 9:31AM0.66m | 10:16PM0.91m | 10:18AM0.60m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:53 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
Temp °C | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
Feels °C | 31 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 14 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 16 | ESE 15 | ESE 15 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 17 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 |
| kJ | 917 | 892 | 710 | 1699 | 1737 | 2169 | 3059 | 3929 | 5063 | 5053 | 5149 | 5547 | 6236 | 7762 | 8671 | 7810 | 7665 | 7563 | 7655 | 7761 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 18 | SE 18 | SE 16 | E 10 | E 9 | NNW 7 | N 7 | SE 20 | — | — | — | SSE 20 | SSE 19 | — | — | SW 22 | — | NNW 9 | N 8 | N 9 |
| kJ | 168 | 375 | 661 | 47 | 44 | 10 | 8 | 1391 | — | — | — | 1294 | 4502 | — | — | 19 | — | 349 | 320 | 470 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 18 | — | ENE 10 | NNW 8 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | — | NNW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 388 | — | 123 | 6 | 5 | 5 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNE 7 | — | NE 4 | NNE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NE 7 | NNE 8 | ENE 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | 22 | 74 | 176 | 236 | 443 | 692 | 962 | 979 | 589 | 829 | 204 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 32 | 32 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 626 | 626 | 624 | 656 | 626 | 624 | 624 | 624 | 624 | 714 | 714 |
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