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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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Amagasaki, is 633 km away. Nearest airport: TNE (TNE), 16 km.
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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Yakutsu, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	10, too small	2 ft5 smushy	27kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots, offshore	27°C
Tue 20Oct	16, too small	3 ft8 scrumbling	143kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots, offshore	28°C
Wed 21Oct	24, too small	4 ft11 shollow	403kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 4 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	35, poor	7 ft11 scrumbling	981kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots	23°C
Fri 23Oct	18, poor	7 ft8 scrumbling	512kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 16 knots	23°C
Sat 24Oct	35, too small	5 ft8 smushy	312kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots, offshore	28°C
Sun 25Oct	16, too small	3 ft7 smushy	87kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 9 knots, offshore	26°C
Mon 26Oct	14, too small	3 ft7 smushy	78kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots, offshore	26°C
Tue 27Oct	3, too small	2 ft6 smushy	23kJ	wind from the south, 3 knots	27°C
Wed 28Oct	1, too small	1 ft8 smushy	17kJ	wind from the north-west, 15 knots	23°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.

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6 nights from Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Yakutsu
Best 18:00 to 21:00 local time: 7 ft at 11 s, wind 13 kn (24 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 24 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Yakutsu
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
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