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Buma surfForecast / Okinawa / Japan
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 11 Dec 2025 JSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
24.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Buma today?
The current surf forecast for Buma at 11PM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm December 11). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
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 kJ (?) | 0 | 0 | 280 | 190 | 0 | 252 | 392 | 417 | 419 | 264 | 277 | 284 | 239 | 215 | 193 | 164 | 288 | 290 | 459 | 806 | 1151 | 1567 | 1764 | 1688 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:52PM 1.48 | 1:19PM 1.58 | 1:25AM 1.39 | 2:12PM 1.59 | 3:01AM 1.39 | 2:59PM 1.62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:15PM 0.98 | 6:26AM 0.67 | 7:34PM 0.91 | 7:27AM 0.82 | 8:48PM 0.80 | 8:32AM 0.92 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thu 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 |
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Rain (mm) | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
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