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Dead Man's Land in Shikoku is an exposed point break that has fairly consistent surf Works best in offshore winds from the west northwest. Most of the surf comes fis in the form of windswells and the best wave direction is from the southeast. Best around high tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Watch out for rocks.

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Overall Dead Man's Land Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Dead Man's Land:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Asakawa	1 mi
Second closest break	Uchizuma	1 mi
Third closest break	Kaifu Rivermouth	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Teba Shima	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Shishikui Beach	4 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Dead Man's Land:
Closest wave buoy	Western Aleutians Buoy	2536 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Bering Sea Buoy	2762 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Southeast Bering Sea Buoy	2956 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Shumagin Islands Buoy	3411 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Aleutians Buoy	3665 mi
Tide stations nearest to Dead Man's Land:
Closest tide station	Kannoura, Koti, Japan	7 mi
Second closest tide station	Hiwasa, Tokusima, Japan	12 mi
Third closest tide station	Tatibana, Tokusima, Japan	22 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Tomioka (Kii Suido), Tokusima, Japan	27 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Murotu (Koti), Koti, Japan	27 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Dead Man's Land:
Closest ski area	Chikusa Kogen (Japan)	110 mi
Second closest ski area	Bansyu Tokura (Japan)	115 mi
Third closest ski area	Wakasugi Kogen Oya (Japan)	115 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Shin Tokura (Japan)	116 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Hanamiyama (Japan)	118 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Dead Man's Land:
Closest city location	Anan (Japan)	25 mi
Second closest city location	Muroto (Japan)	27 mi
Third closest city location	Komatsushima (Japan)	29 mi
Fourth closest city location	Aki (Japan)	29 mi
Fifth closest city location	Ishii (Japan)	30 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Dead Man's Land is Tokushima Airport (TKS) in Japan, 60 km (37 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Dead Man's Land is Kochi Airport (KCZ), also in Japan, 67 km (42 miles) away.
• Third is Takamatsu Airport (TAK) in Japan, 74 km (46 miles) away.
• Nanki Shirahama (Nanki-shirahama) Airport (SHM) in Japan is 90 km (56 miles) away.
• Okayama Airport (OKJ), also in Japan is the fifth nearest airport to Dead Man's Land and is 135 km (84 miles) away.