Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Nichinan today (23 Jun):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Nichinan at 8PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm June 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (JST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Jun) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 Jun) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (23 Jun) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Nichinan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 64mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu morning, min 22°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Fri 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | S 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | S 11 | ESE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | S 12 | SSE 10 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 10 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 14 | SSW 12 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 135 | 70 | 140 | 128 | 116 | 102 | 129 | 119 | 108 | 280 | 349 | 408 | 408 | 299 | 299 | 204 | 209 | 691 | 313 | 411 | 228 | 405 | 513 | 421 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | on | on | on | cross | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on |
High Tide | 1:25PM1.41m | 1:12AM1.67m | 2:57PM1.45m | 2:00AM1.68m | 4:09PM1.54m | 2:49AM1.71m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:54PM0.95m | 8:18AM0.71m | 8:01PM1.08m | 9:14AM0.61m | 9:09PM1.14m | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:09 | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | 7:22 |
mm | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
Feels °C | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SE 9 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | ESE 5 | S 10 | S 10 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 10 | SE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | SSW 14 | S 14 | SSW 12 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 |
| kJ | 135 | 37 | 140 | 128 | 87 | 102 | 73 | 119 | 106 | 122 | 349 | 120 | 175 | 150 | 116 | 108 | 62 | 49 | 313 | 411 | 228 | 405 | 513 | 421 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 13 | S 12 | SE 9 | SE 11 | S 11 | SE 11 | SE 12 | S 10 | S 10 | S 12 | SSW 12 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 14 | ENE 10 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | S 15 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | SE 10 |
| kJ | 16 | 70 | 41 | 58 | 116 | 43 | 66 | 92 | 90 | 280 | 179 | 408 | 408 | 299 | 299 | 117 | 195 | 40 | 26 | 22 | 109 | 15 | 14 | 25 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 10 | SSE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | SE 11 | ENE 9 | S 14 | SE 12 | S 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | ENE 10 | SSW 14 | ENE 10 | SE 11 | ENE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 6 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 10 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 58 | 9 | 58 | 66 | 108 | 66 | 57 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 39 | 204 | 41 | 30 | 33 | 28 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 9 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | E 5 | — | ESE 6 | SE 6 | — | — | — | — | SE 7 | — | — | — | WSW 6 | SSW 10 | SSW 14 | S 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | S 5 | — | — |
| kJ | 14 | 15 | 20 | 49 | — | 90 | 129 | — | — | — | — | 183 | — | — | — | 3 | 209 | 691 | 45 | 37 | 23 | 21 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 499 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 6 |
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