aleckirstein's video: Okinawa Sunabe Seawall: Tropical Storm Tapah just outside my door

Sunabe Seawall in Okinawa is a fairly exposed reef break that has fairly consistent surf. Winter is the optimum time of year for surfing here. Works best in offshore winds from the east. Usually gets local windswells, but groundswells do happen and the ideal wave direction is from the north. A right hand reef. Often Crowded. Hazards include coral and sharks. Closest point of approach to Kadena Air Base has already come and gone; it was 110 miles west at 8 a.m. More than 40,000 homes on Okinawa are without power, and it could get worse before the winds die down. Some 140 flights serving Naha International Airport were canceled affecting more than 26,000 passengers. U.S. bases on Okinawa remain in Tropical Cyclone Condtiion of Readiness 1-E, while Fleet Activities Chinhae in southeastern Korea remains in TCCOR 2 and Fleet Activities Sasebo in southwestern Japan in TCCOR 3; expect the latter to be upgraded at any time. Note, especially for newcomers to the island: When the winds die down sufficiently and TCCOR 1-R (recovery) is issued, that is NOT the time to go outside. In fact, it's probably worse than when TCCOR 1-E is in effect.