Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Buma today (14 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with N swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with N swell.
The current surf forecast for Buma at 6PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (JST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (14 Oct) | 6ft (1.8m) | 7s |
| Evening (14 Oct) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Buma. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Fri morning, min 22°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Wed afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 14 | Thursday 15 | Friday 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
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) | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 8 | NNW 8 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | N 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | N 7 | ENE 10 | N 7 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 255 | 286 | 263 | 262 | 339 | 337 | 238 | 286 | 231 | 187 | 155 | 121 | 96 | 69 | 51 | 43 | 111 | 24 | 14 | 14 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:01AM1.76m | 8:21PM1.85m | 9:38AM1.64m | 8:48PM1.77m | 10:20AM1.51m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:34PM0.84m | 3:05AM0.29m | 3:01PM0.94m | 3:42AM0.40m | 3:30PM1.04m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | |  | | |  | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:00 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 |
Feels °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | N 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | N 7 | N 6 | N 7 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 |
| kJ | 60 | 61 | 78 | 74 | 54 | 48 | 238 | 202 | 223 | 187 | 155 | 121 | 96 | 69 | 51 | 43 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 9 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | S 7 | E 9 | ENE 9 | SE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 |
| kJ | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 96 | 74 | 70 | 48 | 47 | 45 | 43 | 41 | 25 | 27 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 14 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | — | — | E 9 | — | NNE 8 | N 8 | NNW 8 | SE 9 | E 14 | NE 13 | NE 13 | NE 13 | NE 11 | ENE 11 | E 8 | E 8 | N 9 | — |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 23 | 35 | 76 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 2 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | NNE 3 | — | — | — | — | E 4 | — | ENE 10 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 5 |
| kJ | 255 | 286 | 263 | 262 | 339 | 337 | 141 | 286 | 231 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 111 | 32 | 60 | 106 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 626 | 626 | 624 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 624 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 710 | 651 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Okinawa | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Buma surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest