Azako, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 606 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 11 km.

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About Azako

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SE (117°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (297°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 22). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 20°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 606 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 11 km. Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 606 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 11 km.
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Forecast

Azako does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Azako, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	26, poor	5 ft6 smushy	133kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	27°C
Mon 19Oct	46, fair	5 ft7 smushy	185kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	57, good	4 ft8 scrumbling	208kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	28, poor	5 ft9 scrumbling	397kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots, offshore	27°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	6 ft10 smushy	716kJ	wind from the north-east, 17 knots	23°C
Fri 23Oct	6, poor	5 ft10 smushy	512kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 18 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	27, poor	3 ft7 smushy	80kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 9 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	37, fair	3 ft7 smushy	97kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	39, fair	4 ft7 smushy	127kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots	26°C
Tue 27Oct	46, fair	3 ft8 smushy	83kJ	wind from the west, 9 knots, offshore	27°C
Wed 28Oct	0, poor	–	–	–	–

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Azako
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Azako
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 12 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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