Nichinan 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.60° N 131.41° E

Issued: 2 am 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nichinan sea temperature is

25.9° C

Nichinan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Nichinan today (09 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nichinan at 10AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (JST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	15s
Afternoon (09 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	15s
Evening (09 Jul)	11ft (3.5m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 9								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 15	SE 15	SE 15	SE 15	SE 15	SSE 15	SE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16
Wave Graph
kJ	3268	3444	3517	3971	4243	4491	5464	5733	6675	8619	8354	8439	9558	10464	11190	11695	11326	11097	11138	10563	10378	9208	7374	5846
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		00:05AM1.79m				1:27PM1.56m				1:00AM1.79m					3:08PM1.64m			2:03AM1.82m					4:29PM1.77m
Low Tide				6:56AM0.67m				6:51PM1.09m				8:08AM0.54m				8:17PM1.21m					9:17AM0.38m


	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2
Temp °C	25	25	25	26	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	27	26
Feels °C	28	28	27	28	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	30	29	31	29	29	29	29	29	29	31	30	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 15	SE 15	SE 15	SE 15	SE 15	SSE 15	SE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16
kJ	3268	3444	3517	3971	4243	4491	5464	5733	6675	8619	8354	8439	9558	10464	11190	11695	11326	11097	11138	10563	10378	9208	7374	5846
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	—	SSE 18	—	—	—	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	—	—	—	—	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 10	ENE 10
kJ	99	96	—	1039	—	—	—	63	63	33	35	35	—	—	—	—	42	40	40	39	40	35	17	32
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 7	E 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	—	—	—	—	—	E 8	E 8	E 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 8	—
kJ	—	—	93	93	129	129	82	—	—	—	—	—	35	50	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	—
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	7	1	1	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	8	9	9	7
Distance (km)	27	27	27	27	348	348	27	27	27	27	212	212	818	212	212	212	212	212	212	212	377	330	316	27
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	5	5			5	7	7	9	1	1		2	2	2	2	3	3	4				7
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	9	9	8	4	7	8	7	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9
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Rating (10 max)	6	7	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	7	8	8	5	5	5	4	5

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