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	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Lightning Bolt North	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Takegashima Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Green island South
Rating	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	3	4	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.8 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 SE	1.2 SSE	3.5 SW	0.9 S	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSE	0.5 ESE	2.5 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 E
Period(s)	10	7	8	8	9	9	10	9	8	6	9	7	8	8	8	7	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy	22	327	1524	1131	394	2048	266	528	334	184	50	848	392	608	1292	753	86	111	95	103	162	257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:07PM 1.40		5:19AM 1.85		6:32PM 1.80	5:56AM 1.80		6:44PM 1.73	5:55AM 1.74	5:52PM 1.39		6:20AM 1.72		6:56PM 1.36	5:18AM 1.46		7:40PM 1.26	6:53AM 1.48		9:12PM 1.28	6:07AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	9:57AM 0.29		9:52PM 0.60	11:51AM 0.23		12:11AM 0.71		12:09PM 0.18	12:18AM 0.83			10:57PM 0.90		1:02PM -0.03	11:54PM 0.93		12:24PM -0.02	12:18AM 0.95		12:37PM 0.21	1:43AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	31	11	23	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	16	17	19	20	18	17	23	19	18	27	22	22	18	23	18	18	19	17	20	20	17	26
Low °C	14	16	17	16	16	15	20	18	18	25	22	20	18	20	18	17	19	16	19	20	17	25
Chill °C (?)	15	16	19	19	17	15	23	19	18	27	22	22	17	23	16	17	19	17	20	20	16	26
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:18
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 NE	1.2 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.9 S	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 E
Period (s)	10	-	-	13	9	9	10	9	8	6	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 E	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	-	-	8	-	12	9	9	9	9	11	-	3	-	-	-	6	5	5	6	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.8 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 SE	1.2 SSW	3.5 SW	0.4 WNW	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	2.5 S	0.5 N	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	-
Period (s)	4	7	8	8	8	9	3	-	-	6	6	7	3	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Thursday 30						Friday 01								Saturday 02
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Katagai Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.0 NNE	1.5 E	1.9 E	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSE	2.4 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	8	8
Energy	10	91	215	355	237	579	601	1816	1133	1869	3170	1495	385	219	747	1581	1065	734	250	325	808	358
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:22AM 1.43				5:42PM 1.83				5:07AM 1.74								3:52AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			9:49AM 0.15				11:41PM 0.59				9:55AM 0.20				10:32PM 0.79				11:32AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	14	2	1	3	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	20	14	16	18	19	17	18	19	20	16	17	15	13	15	14	15	19	22	23	19	19
Chill °C (?)	11	20	12	16	18	19	16	18	19	20	15	16	14	13	13	12	14	19	22	23	19	19
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	1.0 NNE	0.3 SW	1.9 E	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSE	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	1.0 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.4 SW
Period (s)	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	12	10	8	10	8	10	10	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.5 ENE	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	-	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 S	0.1 NE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	6	9	9	9	7	8	9	8	8	13	12	9	10	9	-	9	9	10	10	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	1.5 E	-	1.4 ENE	-	0.4 NW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SW	0.9 NW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	3	-	7	-	6	-	2	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	9	-	-	9	5	8	-

	Thursday 30																				Fri
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Katagai Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.7 NNE	0.4 SW	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.9 NE	0.3 SE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.7 ESE	1.2 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 SE
Period(s)	6	7	6	10	8	11	11	11	4	9	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	7	7
Energy	10	42	21	22	24	29	20	18	46	22	79	78	243	132	30	37	114	114	36	82	361	341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:22AM 1.43	4:06AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)									11:09AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	7	7	5	1	2	2	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	1	2	-	5	5
High °C	14	20	14	14	16	17	13	15	13	14	15	15	15	15	13	13	16	15	13	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	20	12	13	15	16	12	15	12	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	15	14	10	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	10	8	8	7	11	9	9	6	7	13	13	6	6	7	7	6	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.7 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	7	8	11	11	11	11	-	5	5	9	9	13	9	8	8	6	6	5	13	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.4 N	1.0 E	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.7 ESE	1.2 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 SE
Period (s)	3	-	6	4	5	6	3	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	7	7

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