Omaezaki Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a proper look at what’s coming up for Omaezaki.

The outlook opens with some real potential. The water temperature is sitting at 81°, which is pretty much average for this time of year, so nothing unusual there.

Right off the bat, we’ve got a Monday morning with some serious energy – a 10ft swell from the south, with a combined energy reading of 1598 (moderate wave energy), but that’s where the problem sits. This is a beach and reef set-up, and at 10ft, it’s already getting into that expert-only territory. The wind is a light cross-off from the ESE at just 3 mph, which would normally mean clean conditions, but the swell size just makes it a no-go for most. The afternoon stays big at 10ft, with the wind swinging onshore from the WSW, so that’s not going to be great either.

The first standout window is Tuesday, September 8th. The swell drops back to a much friendlier 5ft to 5ft from the SSW, with a 9 to 10-second period. The energy is moderate, around 722 to 724. The magic is in the wind: Tuesday morning brings a clean offshore from the NE at 9 mph, and Tuesday afternoon goes glassy with a NNE breeze at just 3 mph. That’s about as clean as it gets, and for a spot that can sometimes get busy, this is the day to make the most of it.

Wednesday, September 9th, sees the swell jumping back up to 10ft and then 12ft, but the wind is all wrong – cross-on then onshore, making it a messy, blown-out affair. Too big and too rough.

We then hit a bit of a lull. From Thursday, September 10th, through to the middle of the following week, the swell drops down into the 1ft to 4ft range. The period on the 11th, 12th, and 13th is a long 13-14 seconds from the ESE, which is a proper groundswell, but those heights are tiny – 1ft to 3ft. For a break that is “fairly consistent”, these are the days where you’d be scratching for anything worthwhile. The winds are mostly offshore or cross-off, so it’s clean, but there’s just no power.

Things start to come back to life around September 14th and 15th with 4ft to 4ft from the ESE and SE, but the energy is still low. The standout, and I mean the real standout to circle on your calendar, is Monday, September 21st. The swell is a solid 5ft to 6ft from the SE, with a very long 18 to 19-second period, pumping an incredible 1819 to 3114 of combined energy (strong wave energy). This is a proper groundswell. The optimum swell direction for this break is south, so the SE is a solid match. The wind is clean offshore from the ENE at 6 to 9 mph. This is excellent surf for experienced surfers. Because of that very long period, at a beach and reef set-up, the waves might stand up a bit square, so the better shaped, more lined-up ones will be around the reef sections. However, it is forecast to get too big for the break by Tuesday the 22nd, when it hits 10ft to 12ft with enormous energy (6308 to 7168), so that Monday is the golden window.

So, to sum it up: the first few days are too big and messy. Tuesday the 8th is your clean, friendly, beginner-to-intermediate window. And Monday the 21st is the one for the experienced crew, with proper size, power, and clean conditions.

Rusty.

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