Suicide Cliffs, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Taipei, is 628 km away. Nearest airport: OKA (OKA), 13 km.

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About Suicide Cliffs

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

The spot faces SE (153°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (333°). It is sheltered 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 450 m out (1 in 43). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 22°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and August, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Taipei, is 628 km away. Nearest airport: OKA (OKA), 13 km.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 26 h 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to OKA, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG).
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Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Suicide Cliffs.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Taipei, is 628 km away. Nearest airport: OKA (OKA), 13 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Suicide Cliffs, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	11, too small	5 ft6 smushy	157kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 14 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	9, too small	4 ft6 smushy	107kJ	wind from the east, 11 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	31, poor	8 ft10 ssoft	1,209kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	10, poor	9 ft13 ssoft	2,659kJ	wind from the north-east, 15 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	17 ft12 ssoft	7,349kJ	wind from the north-east, 25 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	16 ft11 smushy	5,624kJ	wind from the east, 26 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	13, poor	8 ft11 smushy	1,260kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 22 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	10, poor	6 ft7 smushy	347kJ	wind from the east, 16 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	28, too small	6 ft7 smushy	306kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 9 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	31, too small	4 ft7 smushy	183kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 4 knots, offshore	27°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 expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to OKA, changing at HKG, then 35 min by road. About 26h 15 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Suicide Cliffs
Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 8 ft at 10 s, wind 12 kn (23 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Suicide Cliffs
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 9 ft at 13 s, wind 15 kn (28 km/h).
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 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 17 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to OKA, changing at HKG, then 35 min by road. About 26h 15 door to door

Rough cost

About £940–£1,865 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 OKA, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£660–£1,365
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£25–£40
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£940–£1,865

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

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