Shirahama
Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan33.695, 135.349Beach break · faces WSW (254°)
Spot guide
Shirahama is a WSW-facing beach break in Wakayama, Japan. It picks up swell from SSE to SW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 64% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the ENE: light winds or ENE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while WSW onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- WSW (254°)
- Best swell
- SW (214°–229°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NNE to ESE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SSE to SW (147.5° to 229.5°)
- Offshore wind
- ENE
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- 4
Cams at Shirahama
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