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

	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Torami Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Kudaka Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.6 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 NE	0.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.1 NE	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 NE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	14	12	11	7	8	8	12	8	5	9	8	7	8	9	10	9	11	9
Energy(?)	349	223	201	54	197	320	115	248	412	315	74	69	79	316	62	124	546	304	535	322	272	306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:51PM 1.77	6:42AM 1.39		6:53PM 1.38	5:56AM 1.54		7:48PM 1.27	6:21AM 1.51		9:16PM 1.06	6:48AM 1.46		11:36PM 1.11	11:28AM 1.54			3:29AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	11:56AM 0.01	12:40PM 0.15	2:47AM 0.38		12:17PM 0.15	12:11AM 0.77		12:58PM 0.14	12:35AM 0.90		1:47PM 0.19	1:30AM 0.85		4:47PM 0.45	12:42AM 1.11	5:35AM 1.18		7:31PM 0.51	8:14AM 1.22		7:16PM 0.19	7:46AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	19	2	1	-	-	-	-	18	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6
High °C	13	13	12	16	22	16	12	10	11	14	20	12	14	15	11	13	16	13	17	16	20	18
Low °C	8	12	12	15	21	14	9	10	10	11	20	10	13	15	11	13	16	11	15	15	20	17
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	16	22	15	11	9	8	13	20	10	12	13	10	11	14	12	17	16	20	17
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	5:50	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:38	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.5 N	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 NE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	12	5	14	12	6	7	8	8	6	8	6	9	8	7	6	9	10	9	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.5 NE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	5	4	13	4	15	11	11	10	7	7	6	11	8	5	5	-	-	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	-	0.2 S	-	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSE	-	0.3 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	0.4 E	0.5 NW	1.3 SE	1.4 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	2.1 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.2 SSW	1.1 SE
Period (s)	6	-	6	-	3	6	-	2	5	-	6	3	5	5	4	4	8	5	-	-	2	4

	Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Yona Bay Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Torami Chiba	Torami 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	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	2.3 W	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	7	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	11	13	13	13	13	7	7	7
Energy(?)	516	574	245	607	474	227	226	206	180	175	172	157	136	62	94	220	251	213	211	621	884	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:20AM 1.41				6:05PM 1.46			5:33AM 1.54						9:34PM 1.78			7:04AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	11:40PM 0.30	12:26AM 0.41			11:40AM 0.20				11:43PM 0.63					2:08PM 0.15					3:12AM 0.71			1:17PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	13	2	1
Temp. °C	8	12	18	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	14	13	20	20	20	20	14	14	10
Chill °C (?)	5	10	18	12	12	12	10	10	11	12	11	13	13	14	11	20	20	20	20	13	13	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.5 NW	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	13	8	7	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	7	8	7	11	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 N	1.3 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 N	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	8	13	5	16	4	6	16	16	16	16	-	15	13	13	13	13	9	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	2.3 W	0.4 NNE	-	1.3 NNE	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.9 SE	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	6	7	6	-	7	-	6	3	2	6	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	7	7	2

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	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Yona Bay Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Torami Chiba	Torami 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	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	2.5 W	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	7	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	544	749	333	707	406	423	426	382	318	325	338	353	341	62	474	275	277	281	277	1049	928	262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									5:11AM 1.53													6:22PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				12:25AM 0.36											11:40AM 0.20			2:26PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	18	15	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	8	9	14	13	19	19	18	18	14	14	11
Chill °C (?)	8	10	18	12	6	6	4	3	2	2	2	5	6	13	12	19	19	18	17	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	6	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	13	13	13	13	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 N	0.8 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.3 S	-	0.8 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	-	13	6	6	6	6	13	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	-	1.8 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NE	0.9 NNE	0.5 NE	1.3 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NE	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	7	3	3	4	4	6	5	-

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