Sendai shinko, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Funabashi, is 299 km away. Nearest airport: SDJ (SDJ), 16 km.

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About Sendai shinko

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

The spot faces SE (142°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (322°). 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 gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 54). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 8°C in March, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 25°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually March, September, October and November, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Funabashi, is 299 km away. Nearest airport: SDJ (SDJ), 16 km.

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 28 h 25 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, Funabashi, is 299 km away. Nearest airport: SDJ (SDJ), 16 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 Sendai shinko, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	19, too small	2 ft9 scrumbling	56kJ	wind from the north, 3 knots, offshore	18°C
Mon 19Oct	34, poor	3 ft6 smushy	69kJ	wind from the south-west, 8 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	28, too small	2 ft6 smushy	29kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots, offshore	19°C
Wed 21Oct	32, too small	2 ft8 smushy	65kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	21°C
Thu 22Oct	57, good	3 ft8 smushy	129kJ	wind from the north-west, 16 knots, offshore	17°C
Fri 23Oct	18, too small	2 ft7 smushy	27kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots	15°C
Sat 24Oct	22, too small	2 ft9 scrumbling	39kJ	wind from the south-west, 5 knots	19°C
Sun 25Oct	29, too small	2 ft9 scrumbling	46kJ	wind from the north-west, 5 knots, offshore	21°C
Mon 26Oct	28, too small	2 ft8 ssoft	51kJ	wind from the north-east, 5 knots	17°C
Tue 27Oct	34, too small	3 ft5 smushy	32kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 16 knots, offshore	21°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 SDJ, changing at HKG, then 35 min by road. About 28h 25 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Sendai shinko
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to SDJ, changing at HKG, then 35 min by road. About 28h 25 door to door

Rough cost

About £855–£1,685 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 SDJ, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£570–£1,180
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£30–£45
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£855–£1,685

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

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