Rock Island rating

Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty when good: 1.0
Crowds: 3.0

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Warning issued Sunday March 14th 10:45am Brisbane Time: Cyclone Tomas will soon affect Fiji and winds will intensify to 140 km/h in the next 24 hours. Another Cyclone, Ului, is likely to become much more significant as it develops to perhaps category 5 over the warm waters of the Coral Sea this week. Expect building surf to affect The Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Queensland (especially the Great Barrier Reef). Storm swell reaching the the coast of northern New South Wales by Friday. View the animated swell maps
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Rock Island, Japan 48hr Surf / Weather Forecast

Issued (local time): 08 am Monday 15 Mar 2010
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		1.5
S 		2.1
S 		2.0
S 		1.7
SSW 		1.4
SW 		1.6
SW 		1.7
SW 		1.3
WSW 		0.6
SW 		0.4
WSW 		0.1
SE 		0.1
SE
Period (s) (?) 11 11 11 11 11 11 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 13 13
Wave
Graph
(?) 		Rockisland
Max-energy 41 41 41 41 41 48 90 236 274 185 95 109 137 83 16 9 7 6
Wind
(km/h) 		5 SSW 10 S 20 SSE 20 SSW 25 SW 25 SSW 25 S 35 SSW 25 SW 25 WSW 25 WSW 25 WSW 25 WSW 20 W 15 WNW 10 NNW 5 NNW 5 NNE
Wind State (?) on on cross-
on		 on on on on on on cross-
on		 cross-
on		 cross-
on		 cross-
on		 cross cross cross-
off		 cross-
off		 off
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Rock Island blow from the NNE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Swell1 (m) & direction 0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.4
ESE 		0.5
SSE 		0.4
SSE 		0.2
SSE 		0.2
ESE 		0.6
SW 		0.4
WSW 		0.2
W 		0.1
SE
Period (s) 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 8 8 8 13 5 5 3 13
Swell2 (m) & direction 0.2
ESE 		0.2
ESE 		0.2
ESE 		0.5
E 		0.4
ESE 		0.1
E 		-
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- 		-
- 		-
- 		0.3
ESE 		0.3
ESE 		0.2
ESE 		0.2
S 		0.2
WSW 		0.2
W 		0.1
SE 		0.1
W
Period (s) 4 5 5 5 5 12 - - - - 12 12 13 8 7 4 13 3
Wind waves (m) & direction -
- 		0.2
S 		0.5
S 		0.7
S 		0.9
SSW 		1.2
SSW 		1.5
S 		2.1
S 		2.0
S 		1.7
SSW 		1.4
SW 		1.6
SW 		1.7
SW 		1.3
WSW 		-
- 		-
- 		-
- 		-
-
Period (s) - 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 - - - -
Wave
Graph
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Tide State (?) high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb
High Tide
/ height (m) 		4:59AM
1.28


4:47PM
1.37


5:23AM
1.31


5:32PM
1.40


5:46AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)

10:47AM
0.46


11:11PM
0.24


11:22AM
0.34


11:44PM
0.31


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Note: the tide data above is for Sinzyuku Wan (Zusi), Kanagawa, Japan which is 2 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Rock Island. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.
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Today's sea temperature is 15.5 °C (Statistics for 15 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 16.8 max: 18.2 min: 15.2 °C)
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Rain (mm) - - - - - 2 5 11 5 - - - - - - - - -
Temp. °C 12 14 16 16 16 16 17 19 19 20 19 19 15 10 8 7 6 7
Chill °C (?) 12 13 15 15 15 15 16 18 18 20 19 19 13 7 6 5 5 7
Sunrise 5:52 - - - - - - - 5:52 - - - - - - - 5:50 -
Sunset - - - 17:47 - - - - - - - 17:49 - - - - - -
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Nearest Offshore or Glassy Ohara Ohara Ohara Ohara Ballsbowls Hashikuibay Hashikuibay Gomoda Chigasakijetty Chigasakijetty Torami Torami Tsujidobeach Tsujidobeach Chikura Hayama Hayama Hayama
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Best in Region Ohara Ohara Ohara Ohara None None None None Chigasakijetty Chigasakijetty Choshi Choshi Choshi Choshi Kamogawa Chikura Hayama Hayama
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Best in Country Ohara Ohara Ohara Ohara Greenpole Dragonsleaf Hashikuibay Gomoda Tebashima Nunoshima Choshi Choshi Choshi Choshi Kamogawa Chikura Hayama Hayama
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