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Yona Bay in Okinawa is an exposed beach break that only works once in a while. Winter is the favoured time of year for surfing here. Ideal winds are from the southeast. Waves more likely to be from local windswells than distant groundswells and the best wave direction is from the north. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Take care to avoid the rocks.

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Overall Yona Bay 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 Yona Bay surf quality by season and Yona Bay 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 Yona Bay

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Yona Bay:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Aha Rivermouth	7 mi
Second closest break	Ada	9 mi
Third closest break	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point)	9 mi
Fourth closest break	Oku	9 mi
Fifth closest break	Rocky Point	9 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Yona Bay:
Closest wave buoy	Western Aleutians Buoy	3138 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Bering Sea Buoy	3372 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Southeast Bering Sea Buoy	3567 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Shumagin Islands Buoy	4027 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Aleutians Buoy	4283 mi
Tide stations nearest to Yona Bay:
Closest tide station	Hentona, Okinawa, Japan	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Ada, Okinawa, Japan	8 mi
Third closest tide station	Unten, Okinawa, Japan	12 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Sukku, Okinawa, Japan	17 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Toguti, Okinawa, Japan	19 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Yona Bay:
Closest ski area	Megahira Onsen Megahira (Japan)	584 mi
Second closest ski area	Osorakan (Japan)	590 mi
Third closest ski area	White-Valley Matsubara (Japan)	595 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Yawata Kogen 191 (Japan)	597 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Pine Ridge Resorts Geihoku (Japan)	600 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Yona Bay:
Closest city location	Okinawa (Japan)	15 mi
Second closest city location	Nago (Japan)	18 mi
Third closest city location	Ishikawa (Japan)	33 mi
Fourth closest city location	Gushikawa (Japan)	35 mi
Fifth closest city location	Haebaru (Japan)	35 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Yona Bay is Yoron Airport (RNJ) in Japan, 38 km (24 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Yona Bay is Kadena Ab Airport (DNA), also in Japan, 62 km (39 miles) away.
• Third is Naha Airport (OKA) in Japan, 83 km (52 miles) away.
• Tokunoshima Airport (TKN) in Japan is 138 km (86 miles) away.
• Kumejima Airport (UEO), also in Japan is the fifth nearest airport to Yona Bay and is 153 km (95 miles) away.