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

	Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wed
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Malibu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikei Island Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	4	4	2	1	0	1	0	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	0.6 ESE	1.4 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 S	1.7 SW	2.3 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SSW	0.6 E	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	7	8	9	9	9	7	13	4	7	8	9	9	9	8	7	9	8	8	9	9	8
Energy(?)	1258	89	321	972	845	280	30	40	19	904	1432	1737	920	878	317	250	66	79	140	83	73	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:55PM 1.38		4:31AM 1.34	5:24PM 1.50		4:48AM 1.39		6:56PM 1.96	4:36AM 1.28		6:10PM 1.35	5:31AM 1.35		6:53PM 1.22	5:36AM 1.43		7:36PM 1.19	5:45AM 1.44		8:00PM 1.20	6:35AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	11:40AM 0.43		10:03PM 0.47	10:46AM 0.19		11:51PM 0.40	11:15AM 0.09	12:55PM 0.13	12:50AM 0.44	11:18AM 0.04		11:36PM 0.72		12:13PM 0.03	12:16AM 0.62		12:42PM 0.04	12:42AM 0.71		1:17PM 0.10	12:29AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	9	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	25	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	4	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	15	12	12	11	14	17	15	19	19	18	18	19	16	17	21	14	17	19	15	17
Low °C	14	13	13	12	11	10	13	16	14	19	17	14	17	18	15	16	21	13	16	19	12	15
Chill °C (?)	15	11	14	9	10	9	12	17	14	18	18	18	18	19	16	17	21	13	16	19	15	17
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	6:32	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	0.6 ESE	1.4 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	-	-	3.0 S	1.7 SW	2.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 E	0.8 SE	1.6 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	7	8	9	9	9	7	8	6	-	-	9	9	9	7	7	9	8	7	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.1 S	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	6	9	7	14	8	8	13	11	-	-	-	8	15	8	9	6	7	8	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 W	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	5	-	4	8	4	-	-	4	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	-	3	3

	Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Friday 03
	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	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.8 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 SW	0.8 NE	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	8	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	7
Energy(?)	1083	4209	1148	1100	1079	755	518	297	209	559	1629	2366	2221	1262	652	375	280	281	139	95	166	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:49AM 1.42				4:26PM 1.34	6:06PM 1.81			4:22AM 1.39				5:05PM 1.36				4:25AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	11:26PM 0.34				10:39AM 0.41				11:49PM 0.25				10:46AM 0.19				10:59PM 0.38				10:52AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	-	19	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	16	17	16	13	14	14	13	15	13	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	10	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	18	16	17	16	13	12	14	12	15	11	11	12	11	10	9	9	10	8	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.0 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 E	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 SW	0.8 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	10	10	8	10	9	9	8	8	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.3 SW	1.4 SSE	0.1 SE	1.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.5 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	16	10	9	11	8	15	8	5	7	8	6	6	6	14	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	1.8 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.1 NE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 N	0.6 N	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	8	8	9	9	6	4	3	4	4	3	5	-	7

	Tue		Wednesday 01
	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	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.0 SW	1.8 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SW	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.5 S	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	7	7	9	9	8	8	10	8	9	8	10	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1339	2821	2381	3603	9295	3119	3119	194	217	489	920	1100	950	1099	746	525	641	823	427	422	389	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									5:29AM 1.86										4:00PM 1.43	4:26PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)														10:16AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	2	3
High °C	16	20	19	18	18	15	17	15	14	16	17	16	16	17	15	15	14	15	13	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	15	20	18	17	17	13	16	14	13	14	17	15	15	17	13	13	12	14	10	12	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.0 SW	1.8 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SW	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.5 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	7	7	9	9	8	8	10	8	9	8	10	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSE	1.2 SW	0.2 ENE	1.1 SW	1.5 SSE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	10	16	16	10	16	16	7	6	9	9	11	11	8	10	9	10	8	15	8	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	-	3.5 SSW	0.9 NE	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	-	1.2 ENE	0.5 NE	1.2 ENE	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	11	-	11	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	5	4	5	3

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