Fingers
Surf spot · Japan
Is it worth the trip?
43Poor out of 100 for your dates
Best on Mon 2: 4 ft swell at 10 s, 3 hours of offshore wind, sheltered (estimated): holds up in a blow
Mon 2 · 66 out of 100
- Swell
- 4 ft10 scrumbling
- Energy
- 287kJ
- Wind
- NW 18 kn
- Temp
- 25°C
Tue 3 · 48 out of 100
- Swell
- 5 ft10 scrumbling
- Energy
- 411kJ
- Wind
- NNE 13 kn
- Temp
- 22°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Swell
- 6 ft10 ssoft
- Energy
- 768kJ
- Wind
- ENE 14 kn
- Temp
- 24°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Swell
- 8 ft10 ssoft
- Energy
- 990kJ
- Wind
- NNE 5 kn
- Temp
- 25°C
Fri 6 · 33 out of 100
- Swell
- 5 ft9 ssoft
- Energy
- 452kJ
- Wind
- NNW 14 kn
- Temp
- 23°C
Sat 7 · 60 out of 100
- Swell
- 4 ft9 scrumbling
- Energy
- 184kJ
- Wind
- NNW 13 kn
- Temp
- 19°C
Sun 8 · 28 out of 100
- Swell
- 3 ft9 scrumbling
- Energy
- 111kJ
- Wind
- NNE 11 kn
- Temp
- 21°C
Tap a day for waves, wind and the temperature. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 10, too big
- Mon 266, good
- Tue 348, fair
- Wed 40, too big
- Thu 50, too big
- Fri 633, poor
- Sat 760, good
- Sun 828, too small
- Mon 959, fair
- Tue 1036, poor
The spot in five facts
- Faces SEtakes swell from the SE
- Offshore: NWwind from the land
- Intermediate +who it suits
- Works 3–11 ftof swell
- Water 25 °Cno wetsuit
Full forecast
every day, every number
The score doesn't know rips, currents, rocks or your skill.
| Day | Score for intermediates | Swell | Energy | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 0, too big | 7 ft12 scrumbling10 ft at break (est.) | 1,373kJ | wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots | 24°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 66, good | 4 ft10 scrumbling5 ft at break (est.) | 287kJ | offshorewind from the north-west, 18 knots, offshore | 25°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 48, fair | 5 ft10 scrumbling6 ft at break (est.) | 411kJ | wind from the north-north-east, 13 knots | 22°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, too big | 6 ft10 ssoft8 ft at break (est.) | 768kJ | wind from the east-north-east, 14 knots | 24°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, too big | 8 ft10 ssoft9 ft at break (est.) | 990kJ | wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots | 25°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 33, poor | 5 ft9 ssoft6 ft at break (est.) | 452kJ | offshorewind from the north-north-west, 14 knots, offshore | 23°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 60, good | 4 ft9 scrumbling4 ft at break (est.) | 184kJ | offshorewind from the north-north-west, 13 knots, offshore | 19°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 28, too small | 3 ft9 scrumbling3 ft at break (est.) | 111kJ | wind from the north-north-east, 11 knots | 21°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 59, fair | 3 ft8 scrumbling4 ft at break (est.) | 112kJ | offshorewind from the north-north-west, 16 knots, offshore | 20°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 36, poor | 4 ft7 smushy4 ft at break (est.) | 144kJ | wind from the north-north-east, 12 knots | 20°C |
Energy is the swell's power, in kJ per metre of wave. Wind is in knots, the arrow where it blows to; green is offshore. More
Tide
- Sun 1 NovLow 04:18 −0.9 mHigh 11:34 +0.5 mLow 16:55 +0.1 mHigh 22:10 +0.5 m
- Mon 2 NovLow 05:34 −0.7 mHigh 12:58 +0.5 mLow 18:47 +0.0 mHigh 23:55 +0.4 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 07:01 −0.6 mHigh 14:10 +0.6 mLow 20:19 −0.2 m
Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.
Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Best time to go
No month stands out
Good days in a typical week, each month, for intermediate surfers, from 2016 on (history scored the same way).
- Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- Dec1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
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Typical, not a forecast.
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Fingers
Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated.
The spot faces SE (155°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (335°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 400 m out (1 in 41). 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). The town to stay in is Nakanokami, 5.8 km away (about 10 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.
Water about 25°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).
Where to stay: 2 towns
10 min by car · 7 places to stay
about US$80/nightcountry average
About Nakanokami its beds, food and every spot near it
- Beds in Nōkan on Booking.com
42 min by car
About US$80 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.