Nichinan 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.60° N 131.41° E

Issued: 2 pm 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nichinan sea temperature is

27.2° 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 (14 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nichinan at 8PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (JST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (14 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (14 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 26°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 14				Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SW 5	SSW 8	SW 8	E 10	E 10	SW 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 10	SW 6	E 9	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	133	106	79	79	57	55	52	35	34	34	26	22	65	30	30	56	30	30	29	28	29	31	25	30
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				7:03PM2.02m				6:01AM2.10m				7:43PM2.03m				6:51AM2.11m				8:20PM2.01m				7:40AM2.07m
Low Tide		12:07PM-0.01m				00:29AM1.08m				12:55PM-0.04m				1:13AM0.99m				1:40PM0.01m				1:56AM0.91m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—
	—	—	7:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	7:20
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	31	32	31	26	26	27	27	29	32	32	30	28	27	27	27	29	32	33	31	28	27	27	26	28
Feels °C	34	34	33	28	28	30	30	32	34	33	32	31	30	30	30	32	34	35	34	32	31	31	30	32
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSW 8	SSW 8	E 10	SSW 8	SSW 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 10	SSW 7	SSW 7	E 10
kJ	133	106	79	79	57	55	52	35	34	34	22	22	17	21	19	17	30	30	29	28	29	21	21	30
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 9	SSW 8	SSW 8	SSW 8	SSW 7	S 7	E 10	E 9	SSW 7
kJ	27	26	27	27	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	16	30	30	8	11	11	11	11	10	30	25	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 11	SE 11	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 11	SE 9	SE 11	WSW 6	SW 6
kJ	13	21	5	5	19	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	5	8	3	3	4	3	4	3	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 3	SW 3	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 4	SW 5	SW 5	SW 8	SW 5	SW 5	SW 7	SW 4	SW 4	SW 5	SW 5	SW 5	SW 6	SW 5	SW 5
kJ	5	9	18	11	13	9	10	9	14	24	26	19	65	24	21	56	13	20	21	21	14	31	23	18
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	6	6	6	6	6	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	0	6	18	18	18	0	1	0	24	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	6	9	6	8	8	7	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	9	5	6

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