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Nichinan surfForecast / Kyu Shu / Japan

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
21.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nichinan today?

The current surf forecast for Nichinan at 7AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (JST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.9
NE
0.2
ESE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010106955410101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)99999999959813879338888888
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
NW
5
S
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
1.65
9:24PM
1.52
10:19AM
1.60
10:14PM
1.36
10:51AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
0.12
3:40PM
0.67
3:48AM
0.33
4:28PM
0.67
4:22AM
0.54
5:25PM
0.66
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---7:13-------7:13-------7:13----
Sunset-----5:25-------5:27-------5:28--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C88789108654348111087781014151413
Feels °C (?)541234210-1-10576433579987
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