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

	Thu	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19
	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	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 NNW	2.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	6	9	10	4	10	10	9	9	10	10	8	6	5	8	9	12	12	10	12
Energy(?)	112	66	10	8	44	55	29	88	20	68	70	113	162	939	178	137	344	275	289	231	120	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:35AM 1.24	1:11PM 1.24		6:09AM 1.36	1:54PM 1.19		5:02AM 1.21	3:01PM 1.26		5:05AM 1.31	3:53PM 1.33		5:32AM 1.45	5:05PM 1.38	6:45PM 1.73	7:38AM 1.68		7:22PM 1.79	7:30AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		8:56AM 1.11		11:01PM 0.28	11:24AM 0.92		9:36PM 0.12	9:55AM 0.88		10:13PM 0.17	10:08AM 0.88		11:26PM -0.04	10:57AM 0.78		1:16AM -0.04		1:27PM 0.40	1:47AM -0.01		1:32PM 0.35	12:12AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	9	9	17	18	12	16	15	19	19	14	19	8	10	10	12	16	10	7	17	11
Low °C	8	7	8	8	17	18	11	14	15	18	18	12	18	8	9	7	9	13	5	6	17	9
Chill °C (?)	9	7	7	8	17	18	9	14	15	19	19	12	19	6	8	10	11	15	8	6	17	10
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:24	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 NNW	1.6 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 N	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	7	7	6	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	8	11	5	8	9	7	12	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 E	0.5 SE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 WSW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	4	10	3	10	5	5	8	14	14	4	4	13	9	6	8	11	11	10	12	6	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	1.6 NE	0.3 NE	2.1 E	1.2 E	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	6	5	-	-	6	3	8	6	-	3	-	8	6	-	-

	Thu		Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Onjuku Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 W	0.7 N	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 NW	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	6	9	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	5
Energy(?)	289	473	327	69	59	66	96	139	166	9	41	61	61	4	58	55	63	70	67	67	53	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					5:48AM 1.24			12:18PM 1.14					5:07AM 1.32				4:42PM 1.39				5:51AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		8:12PM 0.26				7:47AM 1.04				8:58PM 0.35					10:06AM 0.80				11:39PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	14	14	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	12	18	18	18	18	15	13	10
Chill °C (?)	10	8	9	14	14	5	7	9	9	8	7	6	7	8	10	18	18	18	18	15	13	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SW	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	8	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	6	5	-	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	6	9	9	10	4	4	4	10	7	10	6	10	6	5	11	10	10	-	4	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 W	-	-	0.5 NE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 NW	-	1.2 WNW	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	8	7	7	-	-	4	6	6	6	-	-	5	5	-	6	-	2	3	3	4	4	5

	Thursday 12	Friday 13
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Onjuku Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.2 SSW	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	7	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	7
Energy(?)	730	291	289	109	75	107	63	109	112	8	25	104	77	9	68	58	60	64	58	20	10	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														4:44AM 1.22	5:01AM 1.04							12:44PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)																				10:22AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	15	15	9	11	9	9	8	9	9	6	7	12	14	14	15	15	11	13	9
Chill °C (?)	9	11	10	14	14	9	9	8	8	7	8	7	2	5	9	14	14	15	15	9	13	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	-	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	10	10	8	9	5	7	4	4	7	7	4	-	8	10	9	9	9	9	5	4	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	2.0 WNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	-	5	5	-	3	-	-

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