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

	Sat		Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	1.8 SE	1.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 ESE	1.2 SE	0.9 E	1.3 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.4 SE	2.0 ENE	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	1.4 E	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	16	14	7	6	7	8	9	8	7	5	10	5	7	8	7	9	8	9	10	10
Energy(?)	291	179	12	213	451	181	433	306	421	184	44	144	233	218	581	286	310	666	652	837	347	443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 1.46	5:33AM 1.54		6:53PM 1.38	5:56AM 1.54		7:48PM 1.27	6:50AM 1.50		11:33PM 1.46	10:24AM 1.67		11:48PM 1.28	10:08AM 1.45			7:17AM 1.09		2:49AM 1.08		1:59PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)		11:43PM 0.63		12:17PM 0.15	12:11AM 0.77		2:52PM 0.13	12:35AM 0.90		2:13PM 0.21		4:29AM 1.04	5:51PM 0.43		4:22AM 1.05					6:17PM 0.26	7:46AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	18	4	15	-	-	-	-	16	6	24	-	-	10	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	13	13	12	22	15	13	11	13	14	15	20	15	11	12	12	18	12	17	16	15	14	16
Low °C	12	12	10	21	15	11	10	11	11	15	20	15	11	10	11	18	10	16	15	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	11	22	13	11	10	12	13	14	20	14	10	12	12	18	12	17	16	14	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:29	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 S	0.9 ESE	1.8 SE	0.5 E	1.9 SSE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.4 SE	0.2 S	1.4 SE	2.0 ENE	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	1.4 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	13	12	4	5	7	11	7	8	9	8	7	8	10	9	7	6	7	9	8	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 E	-	0.7 E	-	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	-	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	6	16	16	14	12	14	11	11	13	7	5	7	9	8	9	-	10	-	10	12	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSE	0.3 NW	-	1.3 NE	0.6 NW	-	1.2 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	4	6	6	2	-	6	4	-	5	3	5	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 21				Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tue
	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	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.8 ESE	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	16	15	14	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	395	291	292	215	179	175	74	122	11	12	209	207	232	632	342	430	797	510	399	427	496	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	on	on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:05PM 1.46									9:34PM 1.78			8:15AM 1.86				8:07PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	11:56AM 0.01				11:43PM 0.63					12:44PM 0.14	3:05PM 0.14			2:32AM 0.58				12:51PM -0.02				1:58AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	5	5	6	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	12	12	13	13	15	13	12	13	21	20	21	15	15	15	11	10	11	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	10	12	12	15	12	11	11	21	20	21	14	14	14	9	9	10	9	8	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.9 S	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	5	12	4	15	5	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 W
Period (s)	6	6	16	6	16	16	6	4	16	-	14	5	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	2.2 S	1.9 S	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 NNE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	6	2	3	3	-	4	-	2	4	4	4	6	7	6	7	7	3	3	4	5

	Saturday 21														Sunday 22
	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	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.4 E	0.2 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	13	13	13	12	12	16	16	13	13	13	-	-	14	16	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	348	414	534	585	543	291	83	297	14	15	231	235	232	0	0	124	38	163	204	201	202	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										6:32PM 1.51		8:48PM 1.90									6:00AM 1.40	6:53AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	12	13	14	13	15	13	12	12	17	18	18	14	15	15	13	13	12	13	13	9
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	11	13	11	14	11	10	9	16	17	17	13	15	14	12	12	11	12	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	16	13	13	13	7	7	6	12	12	12	12	12	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	6	6	-	16	7	6	6	6	6	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	-	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	6	6	8	8	8	-	6	6	3	3	4	4	4	7	-	4	4	3	4	4	4	-

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