Surf Forecasts:
Takanabe surf forecast from 7 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 10 Aug, 6PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period, E swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 8 Aug, 6AM (local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 12s period, S swell with 1,731 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 10 Aug, 6PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with E swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Takanabe this week:
The surf forecast for Takanabe over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 10) at 6PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.3m and 12s period with a secondary swell of 1.4m and 10s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Takanabe in the next 16 days are 2.5m 12s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 08) at 6AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.5m 4s period and expected on Wednesday (Aug 12) at 3AM.
| Wave Type | Time (JST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 6PM (Mon 10th Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 12s |
| Best Surf | 6PM (Mon 10th Aug) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 12s |
| Most Powerful | 6AM (Sat 8th Aug) | 8ft (2.5m) 12s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Takanabe over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
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First few days are completely rooted. Heavy thunderstorms, wind howling onshore, and just a mess of fat, blown-out waves. Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th – don’t bother paddling out. Water temps are pretty normal for the time of year, no big surprise there.
Monday the 10th stays marginal but you can feel the wind dropping. Then Tuesday the 11th – boom. Glassed right out with a light north breeze and clean 4ft waves on a 12-second pulse. Combined swell energy sits at moderate (610). Takanabe (Japan) turns on for a few hours. It’s inconsistent, so you’ll wait between sets, but the ones that come are clean.
Wednesday the 12th morning is also classy – 3ft, southern direction, glassy and clean. Still small but you can work it.
The real standout though is the morning of Sunday the 16th. Glassy, 5ft from the east at 11 seconds and clean. Combined energy sits at moderate (550). That’s the session to point the car towards. Inconsistent but when it runs, it’s the best of the whole 16 days.
From the 18th onward we see size bumping to 8ft or more, but the wind goes messy again, and you get short-period chop mixing in. That’s expert territory only – rough and not particularly enjoyable.
By the 21st it trails off into small weak surf and we’re done. A handful of good glassy mornings in there, that’s the takeaway.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 69mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 27°C on Fri night, min 26°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 24°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 12 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | E 14 | E 13 | E 13 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2946 | 1376 | 1211 | 853 | 458 | 714 | 796 | 660 | 510 | 400 | 344 | 322 | 216 | 208 | 162 | 156 | 109 | 80 | 80 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-off | glassy | on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 00:00AM1.60m | 3:29PM1.52m | 1:34AM1.59m | 4:37PM1.66m | 3:01AM1.67m | 5:22PM1.79m | 4:08AM1.79m | 6:00PM1.88m | 5:03AM1.90m | 6:34PM1.93m | 5:52AM1.98m | 7:04PM1.96m | |||||||
Low Tide | 7:49AM0.47m | 8:22PM1.26m | 9:12AM0.33m | 9:54PM1.19m | 10:16AM0.17m | 10:50PM1.06m | 11:07AM0.05m | 11:34PM0.93m | 11:52AM-0.01m | 00:13AM0.79m | 12:32PM-0.00m | 00:50AM0.66m | |||||||
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 | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — |
 | 7:06 | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 7:02 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:00 | — |
mm | 20 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 |
Temp °C | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 25 |
Feels °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 12 | S 11 | S 11 | ESE 9 | S 11 | E 14 | E 13 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 |
| kJ | 2946 | 1358 | 686 | 853 | 396 | 714 | 796 | 522 | 380 | 400 | 344 | 322 | 216 | 208 | 162 | 156 | 109 | 80 | 80 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 15 | E 15 | E 15 | S 11 | E 10 | S 11 | SE 7 | E 13 | E 12 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | E 11 | E 10 | ENE 11 | E 10 | E 10 | ENE 7 | E 10 |
| kJ | 17 | 17 | 17 | 467 | 71 | 344 | 178 | 660 | 510 | 313 | 249 | 212 | 191 | 102 | 135 | 77 | 50 | 31 | 49 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | E 16 | E 15 | E 15 | SE 12 | S 11 | ESE 14 | ESE 14 | ESE 14 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | NE 4 | ENE 13 | ESE 13 | S 3 | SE 12 | E 10 | E 7 |
| kJ | — | — | 5 | 17 | 107 | 6 | 317 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 53 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 24 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | — | ESE 8 | SE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 5 | — | — | ENE 3 | — | — |
| kJ | 1544 | 1376 | 1211 | — | 458 | 240 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 269 | 269 | 269 | 189 | 207 | 269 | 189 | 189 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 58 | 87 | 0 |
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