Chinbotsu, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 601 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 17 km.

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About Chinbotsu

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

The spot faces E (89°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (269°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 30). 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 March, April, May and June, with about 1 good days in 7; in January, February and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 601 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 17 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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 601 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 17 km.
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The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Chinbotsu, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	19, poor	5 ft6 smushy	127kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	27°C
Mon 19Oct	49, good	5 ft7 smushy	190kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	51, good	4 ft10 scrumbling	293kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	14, poor	6 ft9 scrumbling	414kJ	wind from the west, 5 knots, offshore	27°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft11 smushy	1,290kJ	wind from the north-east, 19 knots	23°C
Fri 23Oct	4, poor	6 ft9 smushy	454kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	24, poor	4 ft8 scrumbling	185kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	35, poor	4 ft7 smushy	112kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	55, good	4 ft7 smushy	143kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	27°C
Tue 27Oct	47, fair	3 ft8 smushy	84kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots, offshore	26°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.

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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 Chinbotsu
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Chinbotsu
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 6 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 17 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Chinbotsu
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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