Asakawa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s talk about Asakawa. This point break is inconsistent at the best of times, and over the next 16 days it’s looking like a proper blank run. I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – there’s no real surf worth paddling out for the whole stretch.

We start out on Tuesday, July 14. Afternoon’s clear but we got a light SSE breeze puffing straight onshore, and the swell’s only 3 ft from the SSW, period 10 seconds – not awful, but the wind’s wrecking any shape, energy’s weak at 195. Water’s at 78.1°, which is a touch cooler than usual for this time of year (about 1.8°F colder). The score’s a flat zero. Next morning, Wednesday July 15, the wind swings ENE and goes light cross-shore, but the swell drops to 2.3 ft, period 9 seconds, energy down to 145 – still poor. That afternoon it gets worse with a cross-onshore from the SSW.

Thursday July 16 morning is the only moment that even looks half-decent: glassy conditions, ENE light air, swell 3 ft from SSW, period 8 seconds, energy 133. The comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – that’s about as good as it gets. Everything else after that is “poor surf conditions” with zero scores.

From Friday July 17 onward the swell shrinks to 2 ft or smaller, and the winds are mostly light onshore or cross-onshore. We get a few glassy pockets again – like Monday July 20 morning and Tuesday July 21 morning with zero wind – but the swell is tiny (1–1.3 ft) and short-period, often from the SE which isn’t Asakawa’s optimum direction (it likes SE). Energy values hover around 30–60, barely a ripple.

Later in the second week, around Saturday July 25 and into the following week (July 26–29), the combined energy climbs into the hundreds – 175, 442 even – but the swell height stays under 4 ft and the wind is persistently cross-onshore or onshore, moderate breeze on July 29 afternoon with 12 mph from the SSW. That’s just choppy mess. The period gets longer toward the end (14–18 seconds), but with a cross-onshore wind and a point break shape, you’ll get some juice but no clean walls.

So, bottom line: Asakawa is a classic inconsistent spot, and this 16-day window is a true flat spell. Not a single day worth calling a session. If you’re desperate, Thursday July 16 morning with glass and 3 ft might be a desperate paddle,

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