Buma surf break

Buma surfForecast / Okinawa / Japan

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 JST
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Buma surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Buma sea temperature is
24.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Buma today?

The current surf forecast for Buma at 5AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (JST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
0.4
ENE
2
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)13121212121112121111111111111110101010561077
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2562431811771711631301321271231191168583825453525110616933416279
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
SE
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
25
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:37PM
1.84
8:50AM
1.95
10:33PM
1.69
9:32AM
1.84
11:44PM
1.56
10:24AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
0.89
3:46PM
0.10
3:49AM
1.02
4:42PM
0.25
4:46AM
1.13
5:51PM
0.40
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise--5:58-------5:58-------5:58-----
Sunset------6:53-------6:54-------6:54-
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------11105
Temp. °C212121212323232222222122232323222222232425252221
Feels °C (?)202020202323232223232021212222212120212222222120
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