Japan Surf

Detailed Japan surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Japan. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Japan. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Japan over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Japan and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Japan Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon		Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Torami Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	1	2	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	2.2 SW	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 N	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 SE	1.4 E	1.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s)	10	9	8	10	10	5	6	6	7	7	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	8
Energy	62	802	96	81	78	64	106	141	204	188	236	164	147	245	137	232	132	470	380	157	829	794
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:03PM 1.63	6:47AM 1.68		8:58PM 1.76	6:53AM 1.48		8:24PM 1.12	9:19AM 0.22	5:09PM 0.30	10:47PM 1.54	9:10AM 1.56		11:30PM 1.44	7:01AM 1.22		1:36AM 1.49		12:02PM 1.31	2:22AM 1.53	10:42AM 1.07	12:35PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		1:30AM 0.86		12:30PM 0.17	2:11AM 1.06		1:02PM 0.08	1:04AM 0.86	9:50AM 0.22			4:08AM 1.21	4:38PM 0.41			5:09PM 0.62	6:18PM 0.55	7:20AM 1.08		7:14PM 0.65	6:16AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	1
High °C	19	18	22	19	16	20	18	18	19	19	19	23	21	18	21	20	18	25	26	15	19	17
Low °C	17	13	17	19	15	19	16	17	18	19	18	21	20	15	19	19	18	24	25	15	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	17	22	19	16	20	18	18	19	19	19	23	21	18	21	20	18	25	26	14	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:48	-	-	4:43	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:22	-
Sunset	6:54	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:02	-	-	6:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	2.2 SW	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 NE	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 SE	1.4 E	1.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	7	9	8	10	10	7	9	9	7	7	8	10	8	6	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.7 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	-	5	5	9	11	7	10	10	7	6	5	10	7	6	12	6	-	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 NE	0.3 WSW	0.2 ENE	-	1.1 N	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	1.8 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.3 NE	0.7 SSW	1.3 SE	0.6 SW	0.8 SE	-	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	3	5	3	3	-	5	6	6	4	4	4	5	4	6	5	3	4	7	4	5	-	8

	Monday 04				Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06								Thu
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Gomoda Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	1	2	4	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	0.5 ESE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.0 SSE	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	8	7	8	9	10	9	9	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	7	9	9	8	6	6
Energy	1163	83	222	1336	56	272	276	300	113	117	83	80	88	79	53	88	96	262	219	400	113	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	low	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:56PM 1.36			5:17AM 1.32					8:58PM 1.76			5:13AM 1.42	7:29AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		1:29PM 0.10				12:34AM 0.84			9:54AM 0.22					2:14AM 1.00					3:03PM 0.25			2:16AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	2	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	19	19	16	19	15	12	13	16	22	23	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	20	20	20	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	15	19	15	10	12	16	22	23	19	18	18	18	16	18	18	20	20	20	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	0.5 ESE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 NNW	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.0 SSE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	6	9	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 NE	0.3 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	5	10	10	7	6	8	7	8	3	5	6	5	-	4	11	4	6	-	6	6	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	2.5 SW	-	2.5 WSW	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 ENE	1.3 E	-	1.1 ENE	-	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	3	4	9	-	9	5	7	4	-	3	-	3	3	5	-	7	9	-	7	-	6

	Monday 04														Tuesday 05
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Gomoda Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	1	2	4	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	0.6 SW
Period(s)	8	7	8	9	10	10	9	9	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	9	9	8
Energy	377	140	482	926	62	1028	1771	1687	1	1	70	42	42	53	70	43	100	59	167	174	333	99
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)												8:11PM 1.85										6:31AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)					1:23PM -0.07										11:25PM 0.94			2:35AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	21	23	19	22	21	20	17	16	15	16	16	15	16	14	15	16	16	17	13	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	21	23	19	22	21	19	17	16	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	16	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	1.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.6 S	0.4 ESE	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	1.1 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	7	10	10	7	8	10	10	7	7	10	10	10	10	9	10	7	7	7	7	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	5	10	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	10	6	9	9	9	9	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.3 NW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 NW
Period (s)	6	2	8	9	3	10	9	9	5	5	3	-	-	-	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	5

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