Nichinan 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.60° N 131.41° E

Issued: 8 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nichinan sea temperature is

28.4° 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 (22 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nichinan at 2AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (JST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Afternoon (22 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (22 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Wed morning, min 27°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 21		Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	76	56	65	91	151	149	143	141	138	110	106	104	98	73	74	74	74	73
Wind (km/h)	S	SW	SW	W	W	NNE	E	SE	SSW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	E	SE	S	SSW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide			11:07PM1.78m					12:36PM1.45m			11:49PM1.73m					2:35PM1.46m
Low Tide	4:50PM0.97m					6:04AM0.82m			5:36PM1.16m					7:18AM0.80m				6:52PM1.31m


	—	—	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—
	7:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	30	28	27	27	27	29	30	30	30	28	27	27	27	29	30	30	30	28
Feels °C	33	32	31	31	31	33	34	35	34	32	31	31	31	34	34	32	33	31
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	76	56	65	91	151	149	143	141	138	110	106	104	98	73	74	74	74	73
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 12	E 9	SSW 3	SSW 7	S 7	S 7	SSW 7	S 7	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10
kJ	35	55	49	39	1	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	17	18	15	16	16	16
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 8	S 7	S 7	SSW 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SE 19	S 7
kJ	6	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	15	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 3	SSW 3	SW 3	SW 3	SW 3	WSW 3	—	—	WSW 7	SW 3	SW 3	SSW 3	SW 3	—	—	—	SSW 3	SW 4
kJ	3	3	2	1	2	1	—	—	5	2	2	1	1	—	—	—	7	6
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Osaki Point Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Yona Bay Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Yona Bay Okinawa	Uchiumi Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	330	6	6	0	0	0	330	622	6	6	0	0	0	0	622	622	20	0
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Rating (10 max)		1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	8	5	6	4	4	4	4

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