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

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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Katagai Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Buma Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Shida Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 N	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NE	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	0.6 E	1.1 NE	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	8	11	9	10	10	8	7	12	7	7	9	8	13	9	14	10	10	7	8	6	6	8
Energy(?)	330	2130	2987	558	462	142	57	81	337	329	68	154	6	49	296	27	70	280	352	91	236	148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:54AM 1.21		1:40AM 1.02		12:07PM 1.33	2:44AM 1.15		1:02PM 1.30		3:52AM 1.22	1:55PM 1.33		4:55AM 1.41	3:04PM 1.49	8:11PM 1.78			6:17PM 1.80	5:57AM 1.33			6:33AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)			6:50PM 0.54	5:48AM 0.90		7:35PM 0.42	6:59AM 0.97		8:42PM 0.26	8:29AM 0.94		9:27PM 0.19	9:51AM 1.02			9:06AM 0.05	12:39PM 0.86	1:13AM 0.07	10:51AM 0.95	1:14PM 0.85	10:39PM 0.06	11:14AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	9	-
High °C	8	10	13	12	9	18	20	11	10	12	20	9	19	15	12	16	17	15	15	18	19	18
Low °C	7	10	11	11	8	18	19	10	9	10	20	8	19	14	11	13	15	14	15	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	5	8	9	10	8	18	20	11	10	12	20	7	19	15	11	16	17	15	15	18	19	18
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	4:24	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SE	3.0 SE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SW	1.5 N	0.9 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	1.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	1.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	11	10	10	10	8	10	8	7	12	9	8	9	9	6	10	10	7	8	6	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	1.0 SE	0.6 W	0.4 E	0.7 NNW	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 E	-	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	9	13	10	7	10	7	4	8	8	6	5	13	-	14	4	-	9	9	8	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	-	4.0 WSW	0.2 NNE	-	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	-	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	-	0.3 NW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NE	1.2 ENE	-	0.2 NNE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	2	-	9	6	-	4	5	-	7	7	-	2	6	5	6	-	2	7	8	6	6	4

	Sunday 14						Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	2.1 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.3 NNE	1.1 NE	0.6 E	0.7 NNW	0.6 SE	0.6 NNW	0.4 ENE	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	7	8	7	13	7
Energy(?)	798	564	1663	2130	3661	2286	1476	955	1238	2020	667	258	696	1002	281	225	138	57	88	57	85	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:26AM 1.24					2:01AM 1.02				12:52PM 1.31					5:16AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	5:05AM 0.63					6:51PM 0.54				6:29AM 0.86				8:12PM 0.47								8:29PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	8	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	9	8	10	12	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	7	5	18	19	9	20	10	10
Chill °C (?)	4	6	5	8	10	10	8	7	10	11	11	11	12	13	5	2	18	19	7	20	10	9
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	0.3 NE	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.6 SW	1.0 SE	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SE	1.9 W	1.3 NNE	1.1 NE	0.8 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	8	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	8	10	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 W	-	0.6 E	0.7 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	11	12	10	9	14	14	14	10	12	10	10	9	13	10	6	-	10	7	4	7	4	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	4.0 S	3.5 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	2.3 W	2.2 W	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	0.4 NE	-	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	7	2	4	-	11	10	10	10	9	9	-	-	8	8	-	-	5	5	3	5	-	7

	Sunday 14	Mon
	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	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.9 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	4.5 SSE	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	1.8 NW	-	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 SW	2.2 NNW	2.0 SSE	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	9	8	7	-	10	9	9	9	10	9
Energy(?)	319	385	307	307	480	565	330	2872	2361	2222	3314	7614	2467	2962	331	0	1026	1012	2603	865	863	3405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									11:54AM 1.26						5:38PM 1.54							12:42AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)																				10:02PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	2	4	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	6	6	7	8	7	9	11	11	13	13	14	13	10	1	16	17	11	17	11	11
Chill °C (?)	6	3	2	2	4	5	4	6	8	9	11	11	10	9	6	-4	14	16	8	16	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.9 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	-	1.8 NNE	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.3 SSE	0.4 E	2.0 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	-	9	10	11	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.1 NE	0.4 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	7	7	12	12	11	12	11	11	14	14	10	14	-	-	8	8	13	8	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	3.0 SW	4.5 SSE	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	1.8 NW	-	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 SW	2.2 NNW	1.6 SW	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	4	4	9	11	9	8	7	-	10	9	9	9	10	9

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