Western Hokkaido Prefecture
16 of 16 beaches scored, 1 good now
- Water
- 15°C60°F
- Wind
- 20 km/h13 mph
- Waves
- 1.2 m4 ft
Which Hokkaido Prefecture beach is best right now? 18 beaches ranked by live weather, wind, waves and water temperature.
Updated 4:11 pm local timeScores from Open-Meteo forecasts, refreshed hourlyColors follow the lifeguard flags
Ranked by live Beach Score right now, then by the best stretch ahead.
Matsumae County
Good stretch until sunset, 4:46 pmNotsuke County
Good stretch until sunset, 4:23 pmOkushiri County
Good stretch until sunset, 4:48 pmA mixed day for the beach across Hokkaido Prefecture: 1 of 18 scored beaches are good right now, best in Eastern Hokkaido Prefecture, water is 12 to 18°C53 to 65°F, and wind averages 19 km/h12 mph (gentle breeze). Read at 4:11 pm; everything below is computed from that reading.
16 of 16 beaches scored, 1 good now
2 of 2 beaches scored, 0 good now
Warmest water
18°C65°F
Matsumae County. 2.9°5.2° above the Hokkaido Prefecture average. Score 7.4 Great.
Hokkaido Prefecture averages 5.8 Good this hour. The best hour today is 11 am (5.8); the weakest is 6 am (5.5).
The strongest stretch runs 6 am to 5 pm.
Hokkaido Prefecture tomorrow: the best hour is 6 am (4.7) and the weakest is 2 pm (4.5).
No stretch reaches a good score.
7 to 10, green flag4 to 7, yellowUnder 4, redAverage of the scored beaches, each hour
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Matsumae County
Small waves, light wind and 18°C65°F water.
Notsuke County
Flat water, gentle breeze and 15°C59°F water.
Okushiri County
1.1 m4 ft waves, gentle breeze and 16°C61°F water.
Yoichi County
Small waves, gentle breeze and 16°C61°F water.
Muroran
Small waves, gentle breeze and 15°C59°F water.
Nemuro
Small waves, gentle breeze and 14°C57°F water.
Shimamaki County
1.2 m4 ft waves, light wind and 16°C61°F water.
Samani County
1.3 m4 ft waves, gentle breeze and 14°C58°F water.
Date
Small waves, breezy and 15°C58°F water.
Shimamaki County
1.2 m4 ft waves, light wind and 16°C61°F water.
Kudo County
1.3 m4 ft waves, gentle breeze and 16°C60°F water.
Monbetsu County
1.4 m5 ft waves, gentle breeze and 12°C53°F water.
Muroran
Small waves, strong wind and 15°C60°F water.
Muroran
Small waves, strong wind and 15°C60°F water.
Furuu County
1.4 m5 ft waves, breezy and 16°C60°F water.
Teshio
2.0 m7 ft waves, strong wind and 16°C61°F water.
Shakotan County
1.7 m5 ft waves, strong wind and 16°C60°F water.
Tomamae County
1.8 m6 ft waves, strong wind and 16°C60°F water.
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Every area we score, with its own read of today and its best beaches ranked. Filters above apply to the list, not to these.
0 of 3 scored beaches in Muroran are good right now. Water is 15°C59 to 60°F. Masuichi Beach is the calmest, with 30 km/h19 mph of wind and 0.6 m2 ft waves.
0 of 3 beaches good now
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Muroran
Gentle breeze, 15°C59°F water
Muroran
Strong wind, 15°C60°F water
Muroran
Strong wind, 15°C60°F water
0 of 2 scored beaches in Shimamaki County are good right now. Water is 16°C61°F. 江ノ島海岸 is the calmest, with 10 km/h6 mph of wind and 1.2 m4 ft waves.
0 of 2 beaches good now
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0 of 1 scored beach in Date are good right now. Water is 15°C58°F.
0 of 1 beach good now
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Date
Breezy, 15°C58°F water
0 of 1 scored beach in Furuu County are good right now. Water is 16°C60°F.
0 of 1 beach good now
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Furuu County
Breezy, 16°C60°F water
0 of 1 scored beach in Kudo County are good right now. Water is 16°C60°F.
0 of 1 beach good now
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Kudo County
Gentle breeze, 16°C60°F water
1 of 1 scored beach in Matsumae County is good right now. Water is 18°C65°F.
1 of 1 beach good now
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Matsumae County
Light wind, 18°C65°F water
0 of 1 scored beach in Monbetsu County are good right now. Water is 12°C53°F.
0 of 1 beach good now
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Monbetsu County
Gentle breeze, 12°C53°F water
0 of 1 scored beach in Nemuro are good right now. Water is 14°C57°F.
0 of 1 beach good now
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Nemuro
Gentle breeze, 14°C57°F water
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海峡横綱ビーチ has the top Beach Score right now: 7.4 Great, with 6 km/h (4 mph) of wind. Scores are ranked from live forecasts, so the order changes through the day.
Sea water is 12 to 18°C (53 to 65°F) across the 18 scored beaches. The warmest is 海峡横綱ビーチ, at 18°C (65°F).
Notsuke Peninsula has the smallest waves, at 0.4 m (1 ft) with 15 km/h (10 mph) of wind.
None of the listed beaches carry a lifeguard tag on OpenStreetMap yet. That means we do not know, not that there are none. Follow posted flags and local advice.
Averaged across the scored beaches, the best hour today is 11 am, at 5.8 Good, and the strongest stretch runs 6 am to 5 pm. Each beach page has its own hour-by-hour forecast.
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All 18 beaches in our data for Hokkaido Prefecture are scored live on this page.
Sources: Open-Meteo weather and marine forecasts; facilities from OpenStreetMap. All sources.
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