Aoshima Harbour Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright crew, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for Aoshima Harbour over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, it’s a pretty quiet start. The first few days are offering tiny waves and mostly messy conditions, so you’d be wrestling more with the chop than riding anything fun. The water temp is sitting right on 83°, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year, so you won’t need any thick rubber.

The first real chance to get a tiny bit of hope comes Thursday morning, the 23rd of July. We’ve got a tiny 2ft of easterly swell, but the wind is glassy, which is a rare treat. The period is 10 seconds, which is alright for a wave that small, and the combined energy is weak (90). It’s not going to set the world on fire, but it’s the cleanest option for a paddle. That same kind of glassy, small wave pattern repeats on Friday morning, Saturday morning, Sunday morning, and into the next week. The early mornings are your only window for a clean but very ordinary wave.

The standout? Honestly, there isn’t a proper standout in the first week. It’s all small, weak, and fickle.

Now, hold on to your board shorts, because things change dramatically in the second week. From the 31st of July, the swell really starts to build, but the wind is a mess. Friday afternoon the 31st has a 3ft easterly swell but with a strong cross-onshore wind, making it choppy. The energy is ramping up to moderate (251).

By Saturday the 1st of August, the swell is pushing 5ft to 5ft from the SE, but with onshore winds up to 19 mph, it’s a total mess. Forget about a clean wave. This is more of a kite-surfing setup than a paddling one.

The real event is Sunday the 2nd of August. The morning has a 7ft swell from the SE with a very long period of 14 seconds and a cross-offshore wind, giving you clean conditions. The combined energy is strong (2054). This is the best window. However, the swell is getting big, so it’s pushing into intermediate territory. The afternoon gets a bit choppy with cross-shore wind, but the morning is your window. This swell is a long-period groundswell, so it might break a bit straight at the beach, but it’ll have plenty of power.

Then it gets a bit silly. Monday the 3rd of August has a 10ft swell from the SE, but the wind is already cross-onshore, making it messy. The energy is very strong (4160), but for a beach/jetty setup, this is big and ugly. After that, the 4th and 5th of August are just massive, stormy, and blown out with 13ft to 15ft swells and strong winds. That’s expert-only territory, and even then, it won’t be pretty.

So, the standout is Sunday morning the 2nd of August. If you’re an experienced surfer, get there early for clean, powerful 7ft SE groundswell. It’s the only time the stars align for size and clean wind. For the rest of the run, you’re either looking at tiny glassy mornings or big, messy, blown-out conditions.

Rusty out.

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