Ikei Island Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Ikei Island in Okinawa is an exposed reef break that has reasonably consistent surf. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. The best wind direction is from the west southwest. Waves more likely to be from local windswells than distant groundswells and the best wave direction is from the northeast. Both left and right reef breaks. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Beware of coral, urchins, rips and sharks.

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Overall Ikei Island 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 Ikei Island:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Balls Bowls	5 mi
Second closest break	Tengan	9 mi
Third closest break	Futami	11 mi
Fourth closest break	Sunset	11 mi
Fifth closest break	Maeda Point	14 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Ikei Island:
Closest wave buoy	Western Aleutians Buoy	3165 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Bering Sea Buoy	3400 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Southeast Bering Sea Buoy	3594 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Shumagin Islands Buoy	4054 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Aleutians Buoy	4311 mi
Tide stations nearest to Ikei Island:
Closest tide station	Hesikiya, Okinawa, Japan	9 mi
Second closest tide station	Isikawa, Okinawa, Japan	9 mi
Third closest tide station	Sukku, Okinawa, Japan	11 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Awase, Okinawa, Japan	11 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Toya, Okinawa, Japan	17 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Ikei Island:
Closest ski area	Megahira Onsen Megahira (Japan)	611 mi
Second closest ski area	Osorakan (Japan)	618 mi
Third closest ski area	White-Valley Matsubara (Japan)	623 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Yawata Kogen 191 (Japan)	624 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Pine Ridge Resorts Geihoku (Japan)	628 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Ikei Island:
Closest city location	Gushikawa (Japan)	9 mi
Second closest city location	Haebaru (Japan)	9 mi
Third closest city location	Ishikawa (Japan)	11 mi
Fourth closest city location	Nago (Japan)	13 mi
Fifth closest city location	Misato (Japan)	15 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Ikei Island is Kadena Ab Airport (DNA) in Japan, 24 km (15 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Ikei Island is Naha Airport (OKA), also in Japan, 42 km (26 miles) away.
• Third is Yoron Airport (RNJ) in Japan, 82 km (51 miles) away.
• Kumejima Airport (UEO) in Japan is 128 km (80 miles) away.
• Tokunoshima Airport (TKN), also in Japan is the fifth nearest airport to Ikei Island and is 182 km (113 miles) away.