Yakutsu, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 633 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 16 km.

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About Yakutsu

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

The spot faces NW (312°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (132°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 3–15 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 24). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 20°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 633 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 16 km.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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Forecast

Yakutsu does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Yakutsu, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	36, fair	3 ft5 smushy	47kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots, offshore	27°C
Mon 19Oct	20, too small	2 ft7 smushy	50kJ	wind from the west, 1 knot	27°C
Tue 20Oct	34, poor	3 ft8 scrumbling	154kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	26, poor	4 ft11 shollow	377kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	6 ft11 scrumbling	772kJ	wind from the north-east, 13 knots	22°C
Fri 23Oct	17, poor	5 ft9 scrumbling	423kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 14 knots	24°C
Sat 24Oct	52, good	4 ft8 scrumbling	197kJ	wind from the south-east, 12 knots, offshore	28°C
Sun 25Oct	33, too small	3 ft7 smushy	64kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 9 knots, offshore	26°C
Mon 26Oct	31, too small	3 ft7 smushy	65kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots, offshore	26°C
Tue 27Oct	7, too small	2 ft7 shollow	29kJ	wind from the south, 3 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
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Yakutsu
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 3 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Yakutsu
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, wind 5 kn (8 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 26 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Yakutsu
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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