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Awaiura (Niijima)

Break: Beach
Skill level: Intermediate
Best season: Autumn to winter
Crowds: Low
Swell: NE, E
Wind: S, SW
Location: 34.4021, 139.2866

Hazards

Rocks at edges
Isolation

North-end cove on Niijima that picks up NE swell when the main beach is offshore-trashed. Shifty A-frames over sand and the occasional rock outcrop.

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