Oniguchi, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 601 km away. Nearest airport: KOJ (KOJ), 67 km.

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About Oniguchi

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

The spot faces SW (223°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (43°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 27). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 19°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 601 km away. Nearest airport: KOJ (KOJ), 67 km.

Water about 26°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Oniguchi, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	22, too small	3 ft5 smushy	38kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	27°C
Mon 19Oct	23, too small	2 ft7 smushy	48kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	24, too small	2 ft8 scrumbling	67kJ	wind from the south, 2 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	33, poor	4 ft10 scrumbling	256kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 9 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	62, good	4 ft10 scrumbling	319kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots, offshore	24°C
Fri 23Oct	45, fair	3 ft9 scrumbling	112kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots, offshore	21°C
Sat 24Oct	26, too small	2 ft13 shollow	94kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	22, too small	2 ft7 smushy	31kJ	wind from the north-east, 5 knots, offshore	27°C
Mon 26Oct	16, too small	2 ft8 smushy	31kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, offshore	25°C
Tue 27Oct	10, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	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
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Oniguchi
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 9 kn (17 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Oniguchi
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Oniguchi
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 3 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
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