Hanamizu River Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming down the line for the next couple weeks. It’s a quiet patch, so don’t get your hopes up too high.

The only break in the mix is Hanamizu River (a beach/sandbar setup). It’s fairly consistent for the area, but the surf quality is pretty lackluster for most of the period. The forecast starts with small, weak swell and very ordinary conditions. From Monday 10 August through Wednesday 12 August, there’s the most consistent but still tiny surf – waves around 2 ft from the SSW with a long 11-second period. That long period can make the waves break a bit straight on a beach/sandbar, but it’ll hold some shape. The best windows are Monday afternoon (10 August) with glassy conditions and a 2 ft SSW swell, and Tuesday morning (11 August) with glassy winds again. These are the cleanest moments, but the waves are small. The combined swell energy is weak, ranging from 67 to 111 – not much power behind it.

Water temp is 81° with a +0.7° anomaly, so pretty normal for the time of year – nothing unusual.

From Thursday 13 August through Monday 24 August, it’s a long dry spell with hardly anything worth paddling for. Wave heights drop to 1 ft–1 ft, combined energy falls into the low double digits (as low as 17), and the wind is often cross-off or cross-on, making it messy. Conditions are labeled “poor surf conditions” throughout. Crowds are listed as “sometimes,” so you’ll probably have the place to yourself, but it’s barely rideable.

The only other moment of interest is Tuesday 25 August. The morning brings a 1 ft SSE swell with a very long 13-second period and glassy wind – clean but tiny. Then the afternoon shows a jump: 3 ft from the SSE with a 12-second period and combined energy hitting 206 (moderate energy). That’s the biggest pulse of the whole forecast. The catch is the wind turns cross-onshore, so it won’t be clean. Still, it’s the one standout in an otherwise flat run – worth a look if you’re keen, but don’t expect perfection.

So, bottom line: the first few days (10–12 August) have the best windows for clean but tiny waves. The rest is a near-blank run until the 25th, which offers a small bump in size but messy wind. For a beach/sandbar in this area, this kind of quiet stretch is pretty normal. Forecasts can change, so keep an eye on it, but for now, it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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