Buma surf break

Buma surfForecast / Okinawa / Japan

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Monday 06 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
22.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Buma today?

The current surf forecast for Buma at 4AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 06). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (JST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (07 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


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Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.4
N
0.8
E
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)5561010910997888888107777655
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)577117145458564422733536233241838232322313083604431195153
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SSE
35
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
20
NW
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
1.63
9:04AM
1.77
10:31PM
1.51
9:31AM
1.68
11:27PM
1.39
10:04AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:20PM
0.32
3:16AM
0.92
3:56PM
0.41
3:42AM
1.03
4:39PM
0.53
4:16AM
1.13
Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:11-------6:11--
Sunset6:46-------6:46-------6:47-------
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1---31692----------------
Temp. °C232123242321202021191918181818191919202020202223
Feels °C (?)212020212021191919141413141414161718191817172022
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