White Beach, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Taipei, is 654 km away. Nearest airport: OKA (OKA), 29 km.

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About White Beach

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

The spot faces S (189°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (9°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 5–18 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 3.7 km out (1 in 370). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 22°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in July, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Taipei, is 654 km away. Nearest airport: OKA (OKA), 29 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 30 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. 50 min from the airport to White Beach.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Taipei, is 654 km away. Nearest airport: OKA (OKA), 29 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 White Beach, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	12, too small	4 ft5 smushy	63kJ	wind from the east, 11 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	10, too small	3 ft5 smushy	36kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 10 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	32, poor	6 ft10 ssoft	752kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	59, good	10 ft12 ssoft	2,736kJ	wind from the north-east, 15 knots, offshore	29°C
Thu 22Oct	34, poor	12 ft11 ssoft	3,527kJ	wind from the north-east, 16 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	19, poor	11 ft11 smushy	2,963kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 24 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	10, poor	6 ft11 smushy	877kJ	wind from the south-east, 24 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	11, too small	4 ft7 smushy	139kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	27°C
Mon 26Oct	14, too small	4 ft6 smushy	100kJ	wind from the south-east, 7 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	14, too small	3 ft7 smushy	81kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 1 knot	28°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 50 min by road. About 26h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf White Beach
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 6 ft at 10 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf White Beach
Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 10 ft at 12 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf White Beach
Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 12 ft at 11 s, wind 16 kn (30 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 19 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to OKA, changing at HKG, then 50 min by road. About 26h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £985–£1,940 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
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		£985–£1,940

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

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