Ozaki, Japan

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 187 km away. Nearest airport: KCZ (KCZ), 53 km.

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About Ozaki

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

The spot faces E (109°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (289°). 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 18°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 28°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually February, March, April and May, with about 1 good days in 7; in January, June and September, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 187 km away. Nearest airport: KCZ (KCZ), 53 km.

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

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From Chicago: about 25 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Kansai International Airport (KIX), changing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
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Getting there. 2 h 55 from the airport to Ozaki.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 187 km away. Nearest airport: KCZ (KCZ), 53 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 Ozaki, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	25, poor	6 ft6 shollow	299kJ	wind from the south-east, 8 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	31, too small	6 ft6 shollow	214kJ	wind from the south-west, 9 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	33, too small	5 ft8 shollow	255kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 8 knots, offshore	25°C
Wed 21Oct	33, too small	6 ft10 shollow	595kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 13 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	27, poor	7 ft11 shollow	1,066kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	36, fair	6 ft12 shollow	870kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 9 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	40, fair	6 ft9 shollow	520kJ	wind from the north-east, 2 knots	24°C
Sun 25Oct	18, too small	4 ft7 shollow	132kJ	wind from the south, 1 knot	25°C
Mon 26Oct	22, too small	4 ft7 shollow	125kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots	24°C
Tue 27Oct	19, too small	4 ft5 shollow	79kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 6 knots, offshore	26°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 MDW to KIX, changing at SFO, then 2h 55 by road. About 25h 25 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Ozaki
Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 35 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Ozaki
Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 7 ft at 11 s, wind 11 kn (20 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Ozaki
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 6 ft at 12 s, wind 9 kn (16 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Ozaki
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly MDW to KIX, changing at SFO, then 2h 55 by road. About 25h 25 door to door

Rough cost

About £925–£1,825 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 MDW to KIX, estimated from distance and season, changing at SFO, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£600–£1,250
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		£925–£1,825

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

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