Steps Surf Forecast

/ Okinawa (32 surf breaks) /

Japan (129 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (26.32° N 127.76° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Steps surfForecast / Okinawa / Japan

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Saturday 02 May 2026 JST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Steps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Steps sea temperature is 23.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sat 2				Sunday 3								Monday 4								Tue 5
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 11	ESE 9	SSW 5	SW 5	WSW 6	NNW 5	NNW 6	N 5	W 7	N 6	W 7	WNW 6	NW 7	NW 6	W 6
Wave Graph
kJ	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	64	62	42	70	91	40	44	193	8	17	21	19	1
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				8:02PM1.94m				7:27AM1.99m				8:37PM1.89m				7:55AM1.97m					9:13PM1.82m			8:24AM1.92m
Low Tide		1:33PM0.19m				1:41AM0.82m				2:04PM0.18m				2:10AM0.89m				2:36PM0.22m				2:39AM0.96m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—
	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:01	—	—	—	—	7:01
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	1	11	1	—	—	4	2	2	3	1
Temp °C	20	21	21	21	21	22	23	25	26	25	25	25	23	20	19	19	21	20	19	16	16	16	15	16
Feels °C	17	19	20	20	20	22	23	25	25	24	25	26	24	17	15	17	17	15	13	12	15	14	12	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	WSW 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	W 6	W 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	N 6	N 7	N 7	NNW 7
kJ	56	55	55	55	58	61	63	63	60	58	56	55	55	42	54	54	38	44	56	56	54	54	54	61
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	—	ESE 9	WSW 6	WSW 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	W 7	W 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	23	23	22	22	14	7	7	3	3	1	1	1	—	54	29	15	55	55	15	8	56	48	49	49
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 5	NE 9	—	—	NE 8	NE 8	E 8	E 8	—	SE 11	N 6	N 6	—	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SW 5	—	SW 6	SW 6	WNW 6	NW 7	NW 6	W 6
kJ	4	3	—	—	3	3	1	1	—	5	1	1	—	14	8	5	4	—	1	2	17	21	19	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 2	ESE 3	SE 3	SE 3	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	SW 5	NNW 4	NNW 5	NNW 6	N 5	N 4	N 6	N 6	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4
kJ	1	1	2	5	11	17	29	38	50	55	51	64	62	16	70	91	40	40	193	105	16	25	20	18
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Yona Bay Okinawa	Yona Bay Okinawa	Yona Bay Okinawa	Barrels North	Barrels North	Fulung Beach North	Fulung Beach North	Fulung Beach North	Fulung Beach North	Fulung Beach North	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ikei Island Okinawa	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Buma Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	66	66	66	619	619	601	601	601	601	601	70	692	26	703	692	703	745	745	670	35	2	2	2	4
Best forecast wave conditions in Okinawa	Yona Bay	Yona Bay	Yona Bay								Aha Rivermouth		Ikei Island							Buma	Yona Bay	Yona Bay	Buma	Hawaiians
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1								1		1							1	1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nunoshima Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku		Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Nunoshima Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Nunoshima Shikoku	Kaifu Rivermouth Shikoku	Nunoshima Shikoku	Nunoshima Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1		1	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Header Global	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Albatross South Africa	Albatross South Africa	Albatross South Africa	Albatross South Africa	Captains South Africa	Cape St Martin South Africa	Captains South Africa	Doring Bay South Africa	Barrancon Chile	Etang-Sale Reunion	Barrancon Chile	Angourie Point Australia	Angourie Point Australia	Barra de Guaratiba Brazil	Barra de Guaratiba Brazil	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Angourie Point Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Baboon Point South Africa
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4

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