Sekimon, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 149 km away. Nearest airport: NGO (NGO), 38 km.

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About Sekimon

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

The spot faces S (159°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (339°). 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 gently: 10 m deep about 650 m out (1 in 67). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 16°C in February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 28°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February, March, April and May, with about 1 good days in 7; in January, August and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 149 km away. Nearest airport: NGO (NGO), 38 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

Water about 25°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 25 h 45 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 149 km away. Nearest airport: NGO (NGO), 38 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Sekimon, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	11, poor	3 ft6 smushy	62kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	23°C
Mon 19Oct	36, fair	4 ft6 smushy	95kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 9 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	49, good	3 ft6 smushy	76kJ	wind from the east, 1 knot	23°C
Wed 21Oct	23, poor	5 ft10 smushy	424kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	54, good	4 ft11 ssoft	422kJ	wind from the north-west, 22 knots, offshore	21°C
Fri 23Oct	32, poor	4 ft9 ssoft	270kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	32, poor	4 ft9 ssoft	281kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots	21°C
Sun 25Oct	62, good	4 ft7 smushy	127kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 6 knots, offshore	23°C
Mon 26Oct	49, good	3 ft7 smushy	90kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 1 knot	23°C
Tue 27Oct	57, good	4 ft5 smushy	70kJ	wind from the north-west, 9 knots, offshore	24°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
Fly ORD to NGO, changing at HNL, then 1h by road. About 25h 45 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Sekimon
Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, wind 1 kn (2 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Sekimon
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 10 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Sekimon
Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Sekimon
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 9 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Sekimon
Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 4 ft at 9 s, wind 11 kn (21 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to NGO, changing at HNL, then 1h by road. About 25h 45 door to door

Rough cost

About £920–£1,810 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to NGO, estimated from distance and season, changing at HNL, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£595–£1,235
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£920–£1,810

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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