How's the sea today?

READHOW TO READ THE NUMBERS

How to read the numbers

Same system and thresholds as the main journal. The five areas are waters our members actually fish, plus a friend’s and a viewer’s.

• Wind

  Wind & gust

  In m/s. The number that matters most on a breakwater. Forecasts read weaker than it feels, so the thresholds already allow for that. Arrows show where the wind flows to.

• Wave

  Wave height & period

  Height in metres and the interval between waves in seconds. Long periods (7 s+) with tall waves mean swell washing over the breakwater.

• Tide

  Tide

  High and low tides and hourly levels from JMA tide tables. Club experience: squid feed more readily when the tide is moving.

• Bite

  Bite expectation (out of 10)

  The journal’s own guide, from tide flow, twilight (mazume) and tide type. It does not promise a catch.

Breakwater safety levels

Four levels from wind, gust, wave height and wind direction. An onshore wind (blowing from the sea) builds waves, so it raises the level by one; so does long-period swell.

• CALM Conditions are fine for fishing from the breakwater.
• CAUTION Light rigs will drift. Choose inside the harbor or the lee of the wind.
• DANGER Avoid breakwaters facing the open sea. Life jacket required.
• STOP Do not go out on the breakwater today.

• Sea of Japan side Wind up to 3 safe / 3–5 caution / 5–7 danger / 7+ stop Gust 6+ caution / 10+ danger ・ Wave 1.0 / 1.2 / 1.5 m
• Seto Inland Sea sideprovisional Wind up to 5 safe / 5–7 caution / 7–10 danger / 10+ stop Gust 10+ caution / 15+ danger ・ Wave 1.0 / 1.2 / 1.5 m

The five areas

• HAGI Hagi — Sea of Japan side
• NAGATO Nagato — Sea of Japan side
• SHIMONOSEKI Shimonoseki — Sea of Japan sideA friend’s or viewer’s waters (location kept private)
• KUDAMATSU Kudamatsu — Seto Inland Sea sideA friend’s or viewer’s waters (location kept private)
• HOFU Hofu — Seto Inland Sea sideA friend’s or viewer’s waters (location kept private)