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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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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Yona Bay Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	1	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	1.5 N	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.0 W	0.5 ESE	0.7 SW	0.9 NE	1.6 N	1.1 NE	1.1 N	1.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	8	13	13	16	15	14	15	16	15	7	7	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	10	10
Energy(?)	236	391	331	251	293	123	211	580	593	155	71	119	516	76	110	149	269	185	124	383	129	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:54PM 1.54		5:04AM 1.46	3:00PM 1.57	6:53PM 2.04	6:07AM 1.45	3:41PM 1.59	6:02PM 1.96	9:01AM 1.87	4:12PM 1.54		7:43AM 1.31	4:55PM 1.49	6:22PM 1.50	9:17AM 1.29	5:41PM 1.41		8:51AM 1.31		6:51PM 1.28	9:33AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	9:42AM 0.97		12:41AM -0.09	9:49AM 1.04		1:45AM -0.19	10:56AM 1.04		1:01AM -0.11			11:55PM -0.07			2:01AM 0.04		12:27PM 1.05	1:24AM 0.17		1:54PM 0.99	2:11AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	7	8	18	10	14	10	11	17	17	14	15	13	14	17	13	12	20	10	21	21	11	11
Low °C	7	8	17	9	14	8	8	17	15	14	13	12	13	17	10	11	20	8	20	21	9	9
Chill °C (?)	3	8	18	8	11	8	11	16	17	12	15	13	14	17	12	10	20	8	21	21	11	9
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	4:27	-	-	4:32	-	-	4:32	-	-	4:24	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	1.5 N	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 N	0.7 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	14	10	8	13	13	13	15	14	15	9	6	7	7	9	8	9	9	9	7	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 NE	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 W	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SW	-	0.1 E	0.8 ESE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	13	9	10	10	16	11	6	9	16	9	9	8	9	9	7	-	15	9	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	-	0.8 ENE	0.2 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.2 NNE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 W	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	-	2.0 W	0.2 NNE	-	0.9 NE	1.6 N	1.1 NE	0.5 E	1.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	6	2	7	3	-	4	6	5	6	-	7	3	-	7	7	7	4	8	-	-

	Thursday 04						Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Torami Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Buma Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NE	3.5 WSW	2.5 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 N	0.6 NE	1.6 SW	0.4 ESE	1.3 N	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	9	10	13	13	9	13	8	10	8	13	13	8	13	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16
Energy(?)	208	2505	1207	333	324	545	297	568	46	220	237	218	183	225	437	532	300	330	251	188	192	182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:41AM 1.41			2:21PM 1.53		6:12PM 2.00				7:25AM 1.95		2:51PM 1.54	3:17PM 1.52				5:54AM 1.37				3:41PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)							10:12PM 0.03				9:38AM 1.06				11:39PM -0.25				10:31AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	8	8	17	9	8	18	9	8	8	18	10	11	11	10	14	14	8	8	11	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	5	6	16	8	8	18	7	5	6	17	8	10	9	8	12	13	6	7	11	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 N	0.6 NE	1.0 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	1.3 W	1.4 W	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	10	13	13	9	13	8	10	9	13	13	8	13	8	8	15	15	15	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	13	13	10	10	10	9	9	13	4	6	9	9	12	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	3.5 WSW	1.1 NE	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	0.4 N	1.6 NW	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	4	9	6	-	-	9	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	3	-	3	4

	Thursday 04																				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	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Torami Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Buma Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NE	3.0 WSW	2.2 N	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.5 N	1.2 SW	0.8 ENE	0.4 ESE	2.4 NNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	0.3 SE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	9	10	14	14	10	10	13	9	10	9	9	13	9	13	13	9	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	208	1180	1855	220	236	1471	487	336	31	1090	30	30	380	23	508	568	20	319	244	221	178	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:27AM 1.46										2:13PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)							9:42AM 0.97		11:20AM 0.96	12:08PM 0.84									9:44PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	16	7	7	16	7	7	9	17	8	8	8	8	12	12	8	8	9	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	4	4	14	3	3	14	3	3	9	16	4	4	8	5	8	9	8	7	7	8	8	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	2.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.3 ESE	1.2 SW	0.8 ENE	0.4 ESE	2.4 NNW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	10	9	14	10	10	13	9	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	0.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 SW	0.2 NNE	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	9	10	14	10	13	13	10	5	10	9	9	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 N	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	2.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	-	1.0 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	4	4	10	3	3	-	6	4	4	-	4	8	8	5	5	4	4	4	4

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