Japan Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

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Japan wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the Japan region.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Mera Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Big Wave Bay Hong Kong	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tainohama Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Kenting South	Tainohama Shikoku	Chikura Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	2	2	1	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	1.7 NNW	1.8 ESE	1.1 NNW	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 E	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 E	1.2 NE	0.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	6	8	8	9	8	8	8	4	7	13	13	7	6	7	7	11	5	12
Energy(?)	2779	590	690	182	110	613	1746	1296	1295	355	327	53	1033	103	39	40	137	167	97	4	96	45
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:37AM 1.21	10:14AM 1.32		12:56AM 1.06	11:04AM 1.33			5:10AM 1.31	3:04PM 1.39		9:25AM 0.81	5:26PM 1.61		6:57AM 0.52	3:35PM 1.32		5:55AM 1.55	4:36PM 1.59		5:20AM 1.29	3:51PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		3:21AM 0.89			4:50AM 0.97		7:22PM 0.38	9:55AM 1.03		10:36PM 0.35	10:36AM 0.80		11:20PM 0.24	9:36AM 0.49		10:54PM -0.02	11:14AM 0.87		9:57PM 0.11	9:58AM 1.01		10:52PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6
High °C	5	15	17	16	15	14	11	9	9	10	22	15	14	11	14	13	13	13	10	10	14	12
Low °C	4	14	16	15	10	13	8	8	9	7	20	13	13	11	13	10	9	11	8	8	10	11
Chill °C (?)	-2	15	17	16	14	11	6	7	4	8	22	14	11	8	13	12	13	12	8	8	13	10
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:57	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:53	-	-	5:15	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:51	-	-	5:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 E	1.7 NNW	1.8 ESE	1.1 NNW	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.5 WSW	1.5 E	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	12	10	10	9	9	14	13	13	10	8	8	10	10	8	8	7	5	7	7	-	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	10	-	10	9	-	-	10	13	10	5	-	12	13	13	12	10	11	10	11	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	-	0.3 NNE	0.9 SW	3.0 WSW	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	6	8	8	9	8	-	6	4	7	-	3	3	6	7	3	3	5	5

	Sun		Monday 12									Tuesday 13							Wednesday 14
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Big Wave Bay Hong Kong	Big Wave Bay Hong Kong	Ada Okinawa	Kenting South	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tainohama Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	0	0	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.9 NNW	1.2 E	0.9 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	6	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	8	9	6	7	7	7	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	52	259	212	1424	2235	2616	1706	367	323	271	570	464	116	225	73	554	504	353	790	820	840	1069
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:26PM 0.98				9:59AM 1.27	1:28PM 1.51				1:29AM 0.73	3:12AM 1.08			12:39PM 1.39					4:06AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)					3:54AM 0.82					8:24PM 0.54	10:46PM 0.64			6:43AM 0.47				8:12PM 0.34				6:17AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	5	4	4	5	5	6	16	16	16	17	17	16	18	9	13	9	6	10	9	7	8
Chill °C (?)	-4	-1	-2	0	3	5	5	16	16	16	17	17	15	18	7	13	7	3	7	9	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 E	2.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.9 NNW	1.2 E	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 E	1.1 S	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	11	11	12	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	8	9	6	7	7	7	13	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	9	-	-	-	12	12	10	10	10	-	-	7	8	8	-	-	10	11	13	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	4	7	6	10	10	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	7	7	7	9	9	9	9

	Sunday 11	Monday 12
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Big Wave Bay Hong Kong	Big Wave Bay Hong Kong	Ada Okinawa	Kenting South	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tainohama Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	0	0	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.7 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.5 NNW	3.5 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	8	8	10	8	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	50	407	383	1962	1689	3130	3049	1206	1884	1884	649	632	2270	1680	30	7	7	7	192	56	22	1502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											12:45AM 0.89								9:47AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		5:00PM 0.62													5:01AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	8	6	6	6	5	4	14	14	14	17	16	15	17	2	0	0	2	4	4	5	6
Chill °C (?)	-4	3	0	0	0	-2	-3	12	12	12	15	14	14	15	-5	-4	-4	-1	4	4	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.7 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	2.5 NNW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	13	13	13	12	10	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	10	5	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	15	15	-	-	10	-	13	7	7	7	8	5	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.7 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.0 N	3.5 ENE	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	4	7	7	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	8	8	11	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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