Chinbotsu, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 601 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 17 km.

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About Chinbotsu

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

The spot faces E (89°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (269°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 30). 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). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually March, April, May and June, with about 1 good days in 7; in January, February and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 601 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 17 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 601 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 17 km.
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Chinbotsu 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 Chinbotsu, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	44, fair	5 ft7 smushy	190kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	46, fair	4 ft8 scrumbling	177kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	7 ft10 scrumbling	816kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 7 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft10 smushy	1,133kJ	wind from the north-east, 18 knots	23°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	7 ft11 smushy	890kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 26 knots	24°C
Sat 24Oct	17, poor	4 ft8 smushy	203kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	35, poor	4 ft7 smushy	154kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots	26°C
Mon 26Oct	38, fair	4 ft7 smushy	144kJ	wind from the south, 12 knots	26°C
Tue 27Oct	51, good	3 ft7 smushy	87kJ	wind from the west, 12 knots, offshore	27°C
Wed 28Oct	40, fair	2 ft8 smushy	62kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 16 knots, offshore	24°C

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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
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 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Surf Chinbotsu
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, wind 10 kn (18 km/h).
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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