Buma surf break

Buma surfForecast / Okinawa / Japan

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
21.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Buma today?

The current surf forecast for Buma at 3AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (JST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (23 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

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


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Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
WSW
0.3
N
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)14141313771312556666666121144586
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)504645349101615131416171616151413131313299510109
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
W
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
30
WSW
20
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:37PM
1.87
9:14AM
1.95
10:28PM
1.70
9:49AM
1.85
11:35PM
1.53
10:31AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:12PM
0.15
3:19AM
0.72
3:56PM
0.21
3:56AM
0.90
4:48PM
0.31
4:39AM
1.07
Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----6:30-------6:28-------6:26--
Sunset6:39-------6:39-------6:40-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1----11----14-
Temp. °C212121212020202020191819192021222121212121212120
Feels °C (?)202122222221202020191920202122232121212019182017
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