Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Buma today (08 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with NE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for Buma at 6PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (JST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 12s |
| Evening (08 Oct) | 5ft (1.5m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Buma. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 27°C on Sat morning, min 25°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 8 | Friday 9 | Saturday 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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) | ENE 12 | NE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 6 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 10 | E 10 | E 16 | E 17 | E 16 | E 16 | E 16 | E 16 | E 15 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 406 | 570 | 500 | 603 | 170 | 73 | 73 | 93 | 66 | 127 | 124 | 130 | 137 | 134 | 200 | 198 | 186 | 183 | 183 | 165 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:47PM1.86m | 5:55AM1.91m | 6:15PM1.92m | 6:36AM1.96m | 6:41PM1.96m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:31AM0.39m | 11:51PM0.53m | 12:07PM0.41m | 00:25AM0.37m | 12:40PM0.47m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | |  | | |  | | |  | | | |  | |  | | | |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:06 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
Feels °C | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 7 | SE 13 | NNW 6 | N 6 | N 6 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 16 | E 9 | E 15 |
| kJ | 77 | 7 | 43 | 38 | 26 | 73 | 73 | 93 | 66 | 46 | 45 | 130 | 125 | 94 | 90 | 62 | 58 | 183 | 71 | 165 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 13 | S 8 | SE 12 | SE 10 | ENE 12 | E 18 | ENE 18 | ENE 18 | ENE 18 | ENE 17 | ENE 16 | ENE 17 | E 16 | E 16 | E 17 | E 16 | E 16 | E 7 | E 16 | NE 8 |
| kJ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 106 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 59 | 91 | 93 | 137 | 134 | 200 | 198 | 186 | 33 | 183 | 18 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | — | S 8 | SE 12 | E 19 | S 9 | SE 12 | SE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | N 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 |
| kJ | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 12 | NE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 9 |
| kJ | 406 | 570 | 500 | 603 | 170 | 164 | 115 | 97 | 87 | 127 | 124 | 21 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 99 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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