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Aoshima beach break 47.0

#4261 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇯🇵 Japan · Miyazaki · near Miyazaki

Very consistent, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearBeginner friendlyRemoteBeginner
Aoshima beach break, Japan
Photo: z tanuki · CC BY 3.0 · source
Surf score47.0 /100
Surfable days85% of the year
Clean days5% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell9% period 11 s+
Typical size0.9 m 3.1 ft median
Water23°C a rash vest or 2 mm

Best time to surf Aoshima beach break

The best time to surf Aoshima beach break is August, November, December. It rarely works. In November the water sits around 24°C, so pack a rash vest or 2 mm, and the typical wave is 1.0 m. The nearest airport is FUK (220 km) and the nearest town is Miyazaki (13 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan64%3%0.7 m20°C2mm
Feb72%4%0.8 m18°C3/2
Mar91%4%1.0 m19°C2mm
Apr87%4%1.0 m20°C2mm
May92%3%1.0 m22°C2mm
Jun89%1%0.9 m24°Cvest
Jul90%2%0.9 m28°Cboardies
Aug80%8%0.8 m28°Cboardies
Sep91%7%1.2 m28°Cboardies
Oct96%4%1.3 m27°Cboardies
Nov92%9%1.0 m24°Cvest
Dec77%8%0.9 m21°C2mm

What is under Aoshima beach break

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor drops to 161 m.

Depth 8 km out161 m
Depth 4 km out140 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 47.0

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
9.1
Best days 22.4%
8.6
Clean days 18.4%
1.9
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
4.4
Access 4.1%
2.3

The detail

Faces 55° with 36% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 55% of days. Mean peak period 9.1 s. Days over 3 m: 2%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.7 m, with a peak period of 11 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 66%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 31.805, 131.467 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,330/ month
typically €1,170 – €1,490
Rent, one bedroom€698
Groceries€279
Eating out€158
Getting around€93
Phone + internet€98
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,580/ month
typically €2,280 – €2,900
Somewhere to stay€1,520
Eating out€544
Car, transfers, fuel€353
Data + extras€167
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Remote spot, so the local estimate is 7% below the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Japan (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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