Jōdogahama, MiyakoWhich Iwate Prefecture beach is best right now? 7 beaches ranked by live weather, wind, waves and water temperature.
Updated 3:13 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.
Kunohe County
Good stretch until sunset, 4:42 pmKuji
Good stretch until sunset, 4:42 pm
37.4GreatShimohei County
Good stretch until sunset, 4:41 pmA good day for the beach across Iwate Prefecture: 7 of 7 scored beaches are good right now, water is 19°C65 to 67°F, and wind averages 14 km/h9 mph (gentle breeze). Read at 3:13 pm; everything below is computed from that reading.
Warmest water
19°C67°F
Rikuzen-Takata. 0.5°0.9° above the Iwate Prefecture average. Score 7.2 Great.
Iwate Prefecture averages 7.3 Great this hour. The best hour today is 10 am (7.5); the weakest is 6 am (7.3).
The strongest stretch runs 6 am to 5 pm.
Iwate Prefecture tomorrow: the best hour is 10 am (6.8) and the weakest is 4 pm (4.0).
The strongest stretch runs 6 am to 1 pm.
7 to 10, green flag4 to 7, yellowUnder 4, redAverage of the scored beaches, each hour
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Kunohe County
Small waves, gentle breeze and 19°C66°F water.
Kuji
Small waves, gentle breeze and 19°C66°F water.
Shimohei County
Small waves, light wind and 19°C65°F water.
Ofunato
Small waves, gentle breeze and 19°C65°F water.
Miyako
Small waves, gentle breeze and 19°C66°F water.
Rikuzen-Takata
Small waves, gentle breeze and 19°C67°F water.
Kamihei County
Small waves, gentle breeze and 19°C66°F water.
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1 of 1 scored beach in Kamihei County is good right now. Water is 19°C66°F.
1 of 1 beach good now
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Kamihei County
Gentle breeze, 19°C66°F water
1 of 1 scored beach in Kuji is good right now. Water is 19°C66°F.
1 of 1 beach good now
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Kuji
Gentle breeze, 19°C66°F water
1 of 1 scored beach in Kunohe County is good right now. Water is 19°C66°F.
1 of 1 beach good now
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Kunohe County
Gentle breeze, 19°C66°F water
1 of 1 scored beach in Miyako is good right now. Water is 19°C66°F.
1 of 1 beach good now
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7.3GreatMiyako
Gentle breeze, 19°C66°F water
1 of 1 scored beach in Ofunato is good right now. Water is 19°C65°F.
1 of 1 beach good now
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Ofunato
Gentle breeze, 19°C65°F water
1 of 1 scored beach in Rikuzen-Takata is good right now. Water is 19°C67°F.
1 of 1 beach good now
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Rikuzen-Takata
Gentle breeze, 19°C67°F water
1 of 1 scored beach in Shimohei County is good right now. Water is 19°C65°F.
1 of 1 beach good now
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7.4GreatShimohei County
Light wind, 19°C65°F water
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江戸ガ浜 has the top Beach Score right now: 7.6 Great, with 15 km/h (10 mph) of wind. Scores are ranked from live forecasts, so the order changes through the day.
Sea water is 19°C (65°F) across the 7 scored beaches. The warmest is 小祝浜, at 19°C (67°F).
江戸ガ浜 has the smallest waves, at 0.7 m (2 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 10 am, at 7.5 Great, 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 7 beaches in our data for Iwate Prefecture are scored live on this page.
Sources: Open-Meteo weather and marine forecasts; facilities from OpenStreetMap. All sources.
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