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 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			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	Chikura Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Mainside Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 E	2.0 E
Period(s)	8	10	11	11	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	11	10	11	11	12
Energy	665	194	76	71	267	179	249	291	168	369	361	220	220	205	239	398	358	547	448	579	921	1170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:42PM 1.16	8:42AM 1.03		1:08AM 1.11		1:21PM 1.43		3:42AM 1.65	3:58PM 1.57	2:46AM 1.53		4:13PM 1.52		4:03AM 1.87	5:51PM 1.85			5:57PM 1.84		5:22AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		3:12PM 0.43		4:20AM 0.91	5:25PM 0.41		7:44AM 1.00		8:35PM 0.66	9:58AM 0.75		8:13PM 0.61	9:05AM 0.55		9:20PM 0.66	10:34AM 0.24		11:44PM 0.63	9:01AM 0.18		11:06PM 0.72	12:00PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	17	16	21	18	21	21	18	23	20	22	24	19	18	18	19	18	23	20	20	21
Low °C	19	19	13	15	21	17	20	20	17	22	20	22	23	18	17	18	18	17	21	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	19	16	15	21	18	21	21	18	23	20	22	24	19	18	18	19	18	23	20	20	21
Sunrise	4:41	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:41	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:18	-	-	4:41
Sunset	-	6:59	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 N	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.1 S	1.1 SE	1.5 E	0.1 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	8	10	11	11	6	10	10	12	9	9	11	9	10	9	9	10	9	11	10	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 NE	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SE	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 E	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	6	6	-	-	4	12	12	-	9	-	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	7	10	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	0.8 NW	0.3 NNE	1.2 E	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	-	1.5 ESE	0.4 SSE	-	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	4	3	9	-	-	9	-	-	9	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-

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	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	Choshi Chiba	Torami Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	4	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.7 SE	1.2 ESE	0.5 SE	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	7	7	8	8	8	7	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9
Energy	842	925	1328	1349	393	232	154	203	223	275	290	87	86	65	125	132	312	236	103	249	61	291
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:56PM 0.95			7:25AM 1.12						1:36AM 1.49			10:39AM 1.20					2:48AM 1.56				2:21PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		2:25AM 1.09					4:56PM 0.57					6:04AM 1.04				7:18PM 0.61				8:37AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	16	18	20	21	17	18	16	20	20	15	18	18	18	19	22	22	18	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	15	17	20	21	17	18	16	20	20	14	18	18	18	19	22	22	18	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.7 SE	1.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	8	7	10	10	10	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	10	10	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	5	4	10	-	6	6	-	3	-	13	12	11	12	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNE	-	-	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.7 SSE	-	0.3 SE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	5	-	-	-	-	9	9	4	4	3	-	-	9	9	5	-	2	9

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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	Choshi Chiba	Torami Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	4	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	1.9 NNE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	10	10	-	6	11	11	11	11	10	7	7	10	10	10	10
Energy	331	476	506	536	768	752	142	276	200	0	263	90	90	74	138	193	425	431	127	194	73	190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:56PM 0.95	10:15PM 1.19											9:06AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)						2:49AM 0.98		4:54AM 1.26	5:29AM 1.10										3:12PM 0.43		5:39PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	19	17	14	17	15	18	17	15	16	15	19	18	16	15	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	19	18	15	13	17	15	17	16	12	14	13	19	18	14	13	19	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.4 E	-	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	-	11	-	-	-	6	4	4	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	7	-	7	5	4	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	0.5 NE	1.7 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.7 N	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	0.7 NNE	-	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	6	7	7	4	-	4	-

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