Nichinan surfForecast / Kyu Shu / Japan

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 JST
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Nichinan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nichinan sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Nichinan today?

The current surf forecast for Nichinan at 11AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (JST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s

Table - waves today at Nichinan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121212111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)197917081452138011931009794781661722486411364351338451434354294294247247288162
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
N
10
NNE
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
1.94
8:46PM
1.83
7:50AM
1.87
9:43PM
1.69
8:30AM
1.75
10:52PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00PM
-0.14
2:12AM
0.89
2:48PM
-0.04
2:57AM
1.03
3:43PM
0.11
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise5:41-------5:39-------5:39-------
Sunset----6:45-------6:45-------6:46---
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
43181------------------269
Temp. °C171919202019181717191919191818171718202019181616
Feels °C (?)161918202220181717181312141516151516181818171312
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