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 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aja Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.0 S	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 E	1.1 SSW	0.9 E	0.6 SW	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period(s)	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	7	8	8	8	5	6	7	8	9
Energy	647	339	267	811	947	562	336	275	208	355	222	116	233	73	107	131	64	45	94	644	815	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:35PM 1.32	10:38AM 1.05	1:38PM 1.51	12:31AM 1.37		2:44PM 1.63		3:24AM 1.82	1:57PM 1.15	1:58AM 1.46		2:58PM 1.27	2:40AM 1.44	4:46AM 2.00	4:13PM 1.36	2:24AM 1.45	4:32AM 1.99		6:03PM 1.78	4:35AM 1.79		6:53PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		5:16AM 0.73			8:27AM 0.69		9:09PM 0.86	10:08AM 0.51		8:21PM 0.95	8:09AM 0.20		9:17PM 0.95	11:39AM 0.12		9:10PM 0.96	11:30AM 0.03		11:24PM 0.98	11:36AM -0.09		12:19AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	9	2	-	54	46	16	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	2	-
High °C	21	20	19	21	23	23	23	23	22	20	21	22	22	24	22	21	23	20	20	22	21	21
Low °C	20	18	19	20	23	23	23	22	21	20	21	21	21	23	22	20	22	19	19	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	21	23	23	23	23	22	20	21	22	22	24	22	21	23	20	20	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	4:24	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.0 S	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	6	7	8	6	5	6	7	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 N	0.9 SSE	0.6 N	0.4 N	0.5 S	0.9 E	0.8 SW	0.5 SSE	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	6	8	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	9	7	7	8	8	8	9	6	9	7	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WSW	-	1.7 SW	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	-	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	8	-	-	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	5	-	7	8	-

	Mon		Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Shida Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 NE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 E	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	10	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	6	9	9
Energy	1000	609	647	844	392	339	391	267	242	301	811	300	844	947	733	562	550	259	336	91	575	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			10:35PM 1.32					1:38PM 1.51								2:44PM 1.63				12:17AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	3:53PM 0.47				5:05AM 0.78									8:27AM 0.69					9:09PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	7	1	2	-	-	-	-	20	6	48	21	25	11	2	-	19	2
Temp. °C	21	20	20	20	21	20	19	19	19	18	21	18	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	18	23	23
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	20	21	20	19	19	19	18	21	18	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	18	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 E	1.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	6	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 S	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.4 NE	0.6 N	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.4 SW	0.3 NNW	0.4 N
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	9	6	11	8	8	8	8	8	11	7	7	7	7	8	6	9	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 WSW	1.1 NE	-	-	-	1.7 SW	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	8	5	8	-	-	-	8	-	7	-	-	-	8	6	8	6	-	8

	Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu 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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Shida Chiba	Shida Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 SW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Energy	1010	1035	1000	1000	836	609	602	564	647	574	502	844	844	702	392	392	337	339	86	90	391	262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								10:35PM 1.32														12:32PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)															5:05AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	-	-	1	1
High °C	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.0 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	6	7	4	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.4 NE	0.7 WSW	0.6 N	0.5 N	1.1 NE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	8	8	2	5	4	4	8	5

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