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

	Wed		Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	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	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1614	2447	2325	1738	1546	978	1521	1520	1664	1746	1314	2004	1964	2390	1682	1203	1016	817	698	568	295	280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:14PM 1.88					5:43AM 1.89		7:13PM 2.06	7:00AM 2.05		8:12PM 2.01	7:53AM 2.03					7:21PM 1.32	5:34AM 1.48		8:20PM 1.23	8:24AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		11:08PM 0.33					12:51PM -0.04	1:10AM 0.41		1:31PM -0.15	2:04AM 0.50						12:23AM 0.82		2:29PM 0.09	12:58AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	23	22	20	15	13	20	14	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	21	20	22	23	16	22	23
Low °C	18	21	21	17	12	11	19	14	16	17	16	17	17	17	17	20	17	19	18	15	22	22
Chill °C (?)	19	23	22	20	15	12	20	14	18	16	17	17	18	17	17	21	20	22	23	16	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	6:09	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 E	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	10	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	13	12	13	14	8	11	8	11	10	10	10	11	10	16	15	14	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.6 N	0.5 N	1.4 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	9	4	5	5	5	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Wednesday 15				Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	1031	1196	2414	1488	1310	1627	1953	2325	2447	2295	1284	1251	1546	1532	1632	1494	1076	1563	1668	1047	3659	1761
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-
High Tide / height (m)							5:54AM 1.90					6:50PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	11:03AM 0.31									12:10PM 0.12							10:24AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	17	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	17	17	16	19	21	21	22	23	22	21	12	14	15	16	13	15	17	14	19	14
Chill °C (?)	22	23	17	17	16	19	21	21	22	23	22	21	11	14	15	16	12	15	16	13	19	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 E	2.1 SE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	16	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	11	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	-	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.6 E	-	1.6 SSE	2.0 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	17	16	-	6	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	13	13	13	-	-	9	-	14	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 SE	-	1.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.6 N	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.7 E	2.1 ESE	2.0 ENE	2.4 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	6	4	5	-	-	6	-	5	4	5	6	9	10	8	11	10	-

	Wednesday 15														Thursday 16
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	17	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	15
Energy(?)	960	1023	1490	1530	1530	1196	2311	2410	2410	2380	1388	1357	2208	2180	2157	1958	1702	1089	2319	1613	1554	1595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									5:42PM 1.91												5:36AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		10:53AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	17	19	19	23	24	24	24	23	22	22	17	17	17	17	15	15	17	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	20	21	17	19	19	23	24	24	24	23	22	22	17	17	17	16	13	13	17	14	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	17	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.1 E	1.0 SE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	1.5 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	1.5 ESE	0.8 NE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	18	18	6	9	16	16	5	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	-	-	7	7	-	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 N	0.7 N	-	0.9 N	1.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	7	-

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