Koigaoura, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 529 km away. Nearest airport: KMI (KMI), 53 km.

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About Koigaoura

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

The spot faces E (111°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (291°). 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 19°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 28°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February, March, April and May, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 529 km away. Nearest airport: KMI (KMI), 53 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 26°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 529 km away. Nearest airport: KMI (KMI), 53 km.
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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Koigaoura, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	14, too small	5 ft6 smushy	141kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots	27°C
Mon 19Oct	38, fair	6 ft7 smushy	245kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 2 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	40, fair	5 ft7 smushy	248kJ	wind from the west, 5 knots, offshore	26°C
Wed 21Oct	67, good	7 ft10 shollow	1,055kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots, offshore	28°C
Thu 22Oct	16, poor	8 ft11 smushy	1,330kJ	wind from the north-east, 20 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	14, too small	5 ft10 smushy	543kJ	wind from the north-east, 12 knots	24°C
Sat 24Oct	22, too small	6 ft7 smushy	274kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	15, too small	3 ft7 shollow	67kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots	25°C
Mon 26Oct	21, too small	4 ft7 shollow	115kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots, offshore	26°C
Tue 27Oct	19, too small	3 ft8 shollow	85kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 12 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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Koigaoura
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Koigaoura
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 7 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 18 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 20 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 24 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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