Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Steps today (17 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Steps at 7PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm July 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (JST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
| Evening (17 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Steps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sun morning, min 27°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
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) | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 8 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 112 | 93 | 86 | 69 | 66 | 109 | 79 | 52 | 63 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 91 | 86 | 84 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:54PM1.97m | 9:33AM2.02m | 10:30PM1.92m | 10:22AM1.88m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:25PM0.09m | 3:40AM0.73m | 4:04PM0.27m | 4:25AM0.70m | 4:41PM0.48m | |||||||||||||||
 | | |  | | |  | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | WNW 6 | W 7 | W 6 | W 6 | SE 9 | SW 8 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 |
| kJ | 15 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 79 | 52 | 63 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 91 | 86 | 84 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 10 | E 10 | WNW 6 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 |
| kJ | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 37 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 34 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 15 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | S 7 | SE 9 | SE 8 | E 10 | E 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 |
| kJ | 4 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 112 | 93 | 86 | 69 | 66 | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 670 | 686 | 659 | 14 | 14 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 66 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 66 | 66 | 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 Steps 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