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Nichinan surfForecast / Kyu Shu / Japan

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Sunday 11 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
20.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nichinan today?

The current surf forecast for Nichinan at 2AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (JST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Afternoon (12 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (12 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)13s

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

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Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)101010101014131313131312121212125512109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8822244333333333124443333
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
20
W
25
W
30
W
30
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
1.14
12:16PM
1.46
3:14AM
1.20
1:20PM
1.44
4:31AM
1.32
2:30PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
0.65
5:52AM
0.93
7:56PM
0.59
7:23AM
1.06
9:07PM
0.49
9:06AM
1.09
Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-----7:13-------7:13-------7:13--
Sunset-------5:30-------5:30-------5:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C43221261087810121416161298656911
Feels °C (?)-3-2-3-3-4-235335789997320-1268
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