Uchiumi reefs, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 493 km away. Nearest airport: KMI (KMI), 15 km.

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About Uchiumi reefs

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

The spot faces E (101°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (281°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 11). 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 month is usually November, with about 2 good days in 7; in June, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 493 km away. Nearest airport: KMI (KMI), 15 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

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

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From Chicago: about 30 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. ORD to FUK, changing at HKG.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 493 km away. Nearest airport: KMI (KMI), 15 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 Uchiumi reefs, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	37, fair	5 ft6 shollow	137kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 5 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	30, poor	5 ft7 shollow	233kJ	wind from the south, 8 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	43, fair	5 ft7 shollow	199kJ	wind from the east, 2 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 shollow	841kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	6 ft9 smushy	515kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 14 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	10, poor	6 ft10 smushy	628kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 14 knots	24°C
Sat 24Oct	32, poor	4 ft7 shollow	134kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	45, fair	3 ft7 shollow	72kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	45, fair	3 ft7 shollow	108kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots	26°C
Tue 27Oct	45, fair	3 ft8 shollow	83kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	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 intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to FUK, changing at HKG, then 4h 10 by road. About 30h 40 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Uchiumi reefs
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
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 15 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Uchiumi reefs
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to FUK, changing at HKG, then 4h 10 by road. About 30h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £940–£1,850 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 FUK, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£615–£1,275
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		£940–£1,850

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

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