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Green Pole in Okinawa is an exposed reef break that has pretty consitent surf. Summer offers the favoured conditions for surfing. The best wind direction is from the west. Most of the surf comes fis in the form of windswells and the optimum wave angle is from the northeast.. It very rarely gets crowded here. Watch out for coral, urchins, rips and sharks.

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Overall Green Pole 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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Use this relief map to navigate to Japan - Okinawa surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Green Pole

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Green Pole:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Kudaka	2 mi
Second closest break	Yonabaru	7 mi
Third closest break	Suicide Cliffs	9 mi
Fourth closest break	Castles	12 mi
Fifth closest break	Aja	14 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Green Pole:
Closest wave buoy	Western Aleutians Buoy	3185 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Bering Sea Buoy	3421 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Southeast Bering Sea Buoy	3615 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Shumagin Islands Buoy	4075 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Aleutians Buoy	4331 mi
Tide stations nearest to Green Pole:
Closest tide station	Ohu, Okinawa, Japan	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Baten, Okinawa, Japan	6 mi
Third closest tide station	Itoman, Okinawa, Japan	12 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Awase, Okinawa, Japan	12 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Hesikiya, Okinawa, Japan	12 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Green Pole:
Closest ski area	Megahira Onsen Megahira (Japan)	631 mi
Second closest ski area	Osorakan (Japan)	638 mi
Third closest ski area	White-Valley Matsubara (Japan)	644 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Yawata Kogen 191 (Japan)	644 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Pine Ridge Resorts Geihoku (Japan)	648 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Green Pole:
Closest city location	Ginowan (Japan)	11 mi
Second closest city location	Naha (Japan)	11 mi
Third closest city location	Urasoe (Japan)	11 mi
Fourth closest city location	Itoman (Japan)	12 mi
Fifth closest city location	Tomigusuku (Japan)	12 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Green Pole is Naha Airport (OKA) in Japan, 22 km (14 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Green Pole is Kadena Ab Airport (DNA), also in Japan, 26 km (16 miles) away.
• Third is Yoron Airport (RNJ) in Japan, 115 km (71 miles) away.
• Kumejima Airport (UEO) in Japan is 117 km (73 miles) away.
• Tokunoshima Airport (TKN), also in Japan is the fifth nearest airport to Green Pole and is 215 km (134 miles) away.