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Amatu in Kanagawa and Chiba is an exposed beach break that has inconsistent surf Works best in offshore winds from the north northwest. Windswells are much more typical than groudswells and the best wave direction is from the southeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. It's sometimes crowded here. Water quality is rather poor here.

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Overall Amatu Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Amatu surf quality by season and Amatu surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Japan - Kanagawa and Chiba surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Amatu

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Amatu:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Kuminatu	3 mi
Second closest break	Big Ben	4 mi
Third closest break	Kamogawa	5 mi
Fourth closest break	Matsube Bay	7 mi
Fifth closest break	Malibu	8 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Amatu:
Closest wave buoy	Western Aleutians Buoy	2219 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Bering Sea Buoy	2470 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Southeast Bering Sea Buoy	2649 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Shumagin Islands Buoy	3095 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Aleutians Buoy	3345 mi
Tide stations nearest to Amatu:
Closest tide station	Kazusa-Katuura, Tiba, Japan	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Kamogawa, Tiba, Japan	6 mi
Third closest tide station	Hunakata, Tiba, Japan	20 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Iwaihukuro, Tiba, Japan	21 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Sirahama (Tiba), Tiba, Japan	21 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Amatu:
Closest ski area	Okushiga Kogen (Japan)	108 mi
Second closest ski area	Yatsugatake Sailer Valley (Japan)	110 mi
Third closest ski area	Koumi Riekkusu Ski Valley (Japan)	118 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Fujimi Kogen (Japan)	119 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Karuizawa Prince Hotel (Japan)	121 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Amatu:
Closest city location	Kawaguchi (Japan)	6 mi
Second closest city location	Katsuura (Japan)	6 mi
Third closest city location	Ohara (Japan)	14 mi
Fourth closest city location	Tateyama (Japan)	21 mi
Fifth closest city location	Mobara (Japan)	21 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Amatu is Tokyo International Airport (HND) in Japan, 60 km (37 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Amatu is New Tokyo International Airport (NRT), also in Japan, 74 km (46 miles) away.
• Third is Oshima Airport (OIM) in Japan, 84 km (52 miles) away.
• Yokota Ab Airport (OKO) in Japan is 103 km (64 miles) away.
• Miyakejima Airport (MMY), also in Japan is the fifth nearest airport to Amatu and is 130 km (81 miles) away.