Nichinan surfForecast / Kyu Shu / Japan

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 15 Apr 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
20.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nichinan today?

The current surf forecast for Nichinan at 5PM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (JST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (15 Apr)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (15 Apr)7ft (2.1m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.2
SE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
Period(s) (?)121313161616161514141516151515151515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83985368976719532257190918601521130717161761160615631441146014411343132513251441148016281672
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.73
4:58PM
1.77
5:16AM
1.82
5:42PM
1.89
5:43AM
1.89
6:25PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:53AM
0.42
11:08PM
0.33
11:26AM
0.21
11:44PM
0.37
12:01PM
0.03
12:20AM
0.47
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise5:47-------5:46-------5:43-------
Sunset----6:42-------6:43-------6:43---
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
11---------------------1
Temp. °C192022232119191817192020191717171819202019191919
Feels °C (?)212122242219191813131315151415151517171615161818
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