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 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thu
	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	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	4	2	1	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.3 N	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 NNW	0.5 E	0.7 NNW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.2 N	0.8 N	1.2 NNE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.9 NNW	1.9 N	0.6 ENE	0.2 S
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	8	8	10	7	9	10	8	8	7	9	11	11	6	13	12	8	8	12	7
Energy(?)	770	859	70	75	158	91	68	656	745	1857	204	76	261	3	81	11	430	375	445	529	111	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:44PM 1.36	7:36AM 1.36		7:29PM 1.28	10:32AM 1.82		10:40PM 1.67	8:31AM 1.31		9:19PM 1.05	9:16AM 1.23		11:33PM 0.95	9:10AM 1.40	12:31PM 1.48			12:27PM 1.52		4:51AM 1.52	12:03PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		1:25AM 0.19		1:21PM 0.57	1:56AM 0.32	4:09AM 0.43	2:23PM 0.52			2:49PM 0.54	2:55AM 0.62		4:31PM 0.45				7:57PM 0.34	7:34AM 1.10		6:38PM 0.29	9:46AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	13	5	6	14	15	15	5	6	8	3	17	7	5	6	10	6	6	15	15	5	7
Low °C	4	12	3	5	13	14	14	4	4	7	2	16	5	3	4	7	4	5	15	14	3	6
Chill °C (?)	3	11	4	4	13	15	15	-2	4	2	0	17	5	3	6	7	3	3	13	13	2	7
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	6:02	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:00	-	-	6:06	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.2 ESE	2.0 WSW	0.4 NE	1.2 N	0.8 N	1.2 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.4 SW	1.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	8	10	10	8	8	7	7	9	10	9	8	7	9	8	11	11	7	12	9	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.5 W	0.3 ESE	0.2 W	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	1.2 ENE	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	8	10	10	10	10	11	8	11	6	9	5	11	4	14	13	8	10	9	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	0.4 N	3.5 W	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.4 SW	2.5 WSW	0.8 NE	1.9 NNW	1.9 N	0.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	8	-	4	-	-	-	6	7	5	8	8	5	-

	Thursday 22				Friday 23								Saturday 24								Sun
	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	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.1 N	1.2 WSW	1.7 N	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 E	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 N	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	9	8	8	8	10	7	8	8	8	11	7	7	10	7	8	6	9
Energy(?)	651	770	1255	1277	1032	725	215	449	120	59	644	344	539	209	47	86	93	87	50	242	121	484
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:13PM 1.39								7:29PM 1.28					10:11AM 1.61			7:38PM 1.23	10:40PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		1:00PM 0.63								1:09PM 0.69				1:41AM 0.41					3:27PM 0.62			2:05AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	4	4	6	5	3	12	2	13	5	6	6	6	4	5	5	14	14	15	4	6	14	3
Chill °C (?)	1	3	3	2	1	10	-1	11	5	5	5	4	2	2	1	13	13	15	0	2	14	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.7 N	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	1.3 WSW	0.4 NE	0.9 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 N	1.6 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	10	8	12	8	11	11	7	7	7	7	8	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 NE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	8	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.1 N	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	-	-	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	-	0.8 W	2.5 WSW	0.7 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	9	3	6	-	-	7	8	8	8	8	2	5	-	4	8	6	3

	Thursday 22	Friday 23
	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	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 N	2.1 WSW	2.5 N	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SE	2.1 N	2.1 N	1.8 N	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	1.9 N	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	9	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	11	10	9	10
Energy(?)	262	297	651	727	770	1203	876	1120	180	111	1337	1441	186	230	131	786	751	588	76	99	576	139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				12:43PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	4	4	4	14	4	13	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	13	13	12	-2	2	13	2
Chill °C (?)	0	0	1	3	2	12	2	10	2	1	0	1	-2	-1	-2	11	11	10	-5	-1	11	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.4 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 SW	0.6 SE	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	1.9 N	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	10	8	11	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 NE	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SE	0.4 NNE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	14	11	14	11	7	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	5	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.7 N	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 N	2.1 WSW	2.5 N	-	0.3 NW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	2.1 N	2.1 N	1.8 N	0.9 W	0.4 N	0.6 ENE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	4	4	8	8	8	10	8	9	-	4	8	8	7	7	-	9	9	9	5	4	7	3

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