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

	Tue		Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kudaka Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Yona Bay Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Oku Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	0.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 N	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.6 E	1.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	7	8	8	9	8	8	11	8	8	7
Energy(?)	1350	1629	1396	905	157	555	682	311	569	496	725	346	108	1025	745	709	414	239	44	129	63	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:55PM 1.69		6:34AM 1.70	5:54PM 2.04		4:49AM 1.35		7:25PM 1.98	4:57AM 1.44		8:05PM 1.97	7:53AM 1.83		7:39PM 1.64	7:24AM 1.86		6:53PM 1.38	8:10AM 1.97		9:32PM 1.79	8:41AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		12:18AM 0.10			10:35PM 0.12	10:47AM 0.24	1:15PM 0.35	1:34AM 0.30	11:11AM 0.30	1:50PM 0.22	2:06AM 0.41			1:28AM 0.47		12:31PM 0.12	12:11AM 0.77		2:53PM 0.21	2:59AM 1.00		3:43PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	10	18	19	14	14	17	18	18	11	11	14	19	18	19	20	21	20	20	15	20	23	13
Low °C	9	17	18	14	13	14	17	18	11	10	13	18	17	19	20	21	19	20	15	20	21	13
Chill °C (?)	9	18	19	12	12	16	18	18	9	10	11	19	17	19	20	21	20	20	14	20	23	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:40	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	0.9 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 NNW	1.0 ENE	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 N	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 E	1.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.6 E	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	6	13	14	7	13	6	14	13	7	-	15	14	8	8	11	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 N	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.4 NNE	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 N	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	5	-	-	14	-	6	13	8	13	18	7	5	-	-	6	13	13	14	12	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	1.5 ENE	-	4.0 NW	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	0.9 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 NE
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	-	7	7	3	6	-	9	5	4	8	8	9	-	-	4	4	5	5

	Tuesday 17				Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Fri
	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	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1402	1239	1111	1156	1122	1109	1415	1396	852	1111	1023	529	1220	577	812	1247	1089	682	695	704	707	696
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:55PM 1.69					6:49AM 1.82				6:33PM 1.80								6:33PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)		12:01PM 0.49			10:03PM 0.10				10:09AM 0.58	12:43PM 0.50			10:14PM 0.30	12:03AM 0.15			10:33AM 0.45	12:26PM 0.38				12:43AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	7	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	16	11	11	17	18	13	20	20	20	13	16	15	13	12	18	17	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	16	11	11	17	18	11	20	20	20	11	16	15	11	10	18	16	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	8	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	1.3 E	0.4 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	10	14	14	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	-	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	4	6	7	7	7	-	7	4	6	6	6

	Tuesday 17	Wednesday 18
	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	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	14	13	13	15	15	13	15	15	14	13	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1420	1420	1402	1284	1529	1350	2011	1959	928	1878	1852	948	951	14	69	87	819	975	975	975	960	960
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										6:05PM 1.83											5:59AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)													9:42PM 0.26		11:23PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	16	10	9	18	18	11	18	18	18	11	10	10	11	11	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	16	10	8	18	18	9	18	18	18	10	10	10	11	11	15	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.7 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	13	13	15	15	13	15	15	14	13	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.2 ESE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	-	11	11	6	6	11	6	6	6	11	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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