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Sunset in Okinawa is a fairly exposed reef break that has pretty consitent surf. Summer offers the best conditions for surfing. Offshore winds blow from the west. Most of the surf comes fis in the form of windswells and the best wave direction is from the northeast. The reef provides both left and right breaks. Sometimes crowded. Beware of rocks and coral.

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Overall Sunset 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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Also see Sunset surf quality by season and Sunset surf quality by month.

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

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Sunset:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Futami	2 mi
Second closest break	Balls Bowls	9 mi
Third closest break	Ikei Island	11 mi
Fourth closest break	Buma	11 mi
Fifth closest break	Sesako Island	16 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Sunset:
Closest wave buoy	Western Aleutians Buoy	3154 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Bering Sea Buoy	3390 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Southeast Bering Sea Buoy	3584 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Shumagin Islands Buoy	4044 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Aleutians Buoy	4300 mi
Tide stations nearest to Sunset:
Closest tide station	Sukku, Okinawa, Japan	3 mi
Second closest tide station	Unten, Okinawa, Japan	10 mi
Third closest tide station	Toguti, Okinawa, Japan	14 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Hentona, Okinawa, Japan	16 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Isikawa, Okinawa, Japan	16 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Sunset:
Closest ski area	Megahira Onsen Megahira (Japan)	601 mi
Second closest ski area	Osorakan (Japan)	607 mi
Third closest ski area	White-Valley Matsubara (Japan)	613 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Yawata Kogen 191 (Japan)	614 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Pine Ridge Resorts Geihoku (Japan)	618 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Sunset:
Closest city location	Nago (Japan)	7 mi
Second closest city location	Okinawa (Japan)	9 mi
Third closest city location	Gushikawa (Japan)	18 mi
Fourth closest city location	Ishikawa (Japan)	18 mi
Fifth closest city location	Haebaru (Japan)	19 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Sunset is Kadena Ab Airport (DNA) in Japan, 37 km (23 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Sunset is Naha Airport (OKA), also in Japan, 57 km (35 miles) away.
• Third is Yoron Airport (RNJ) in Japan, 65 km (40 miles) away.
• Kumejima Airport (UEO) in Japan is 138 km (86 miles) away.
• Tokunoshima Airport (TKN), also in Japan is the fifth nearest airport to Sunset and is 165 km (102 miles) away.