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Chikura surf break

Chikura surfForecast / Chiba / Japan

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 JST
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Chikura surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chikura sea temperature is
16.1° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Chikura today?

The current surf forecast for Chikura at 5PM is: 2.1m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (JST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (17 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s

Table - waves today at Chikura. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
W
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
NE
0.3
ESE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
0.6
ESE
0.7
E
0.5
E
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
W
Period(s) (?)10666666510555556666666678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)202953742632264621381948691038783729211683223217450671929
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
10
NW
20
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
30
W
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:58PM
1.33
5:50AM
1.27
3:48PM
1.38
6:17AM
1.29
4:34PM
1.41
6:43AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:54AM
0.98
10:30PM
-0.02
10:36AM
0.92
11:09PM
-0.05
11:13AM
0.85
11:45PM
-0.05
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-------6:46-------6:46-------6:46
Sunset-4:52-------4:52-------4:53------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------11111---------
Temp. °C141615131110101011111111111199101111131414139
Feels °C (?)888966557655674568765463
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