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

	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Buma Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	3	4	3	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	-	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 NE	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.8 SE	1.5 E	1.1 SE	1.0 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	-	9	10	6	7	8	7	9	9	10	8	9	9	8
Energy	234	261	242	235	544	601	524	490	0	335	228	150	315	433	208	454	1138	910	418	367	314	339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:34PM 1.11	2:46AM 1.53		2:02PM 1.16	2:57AM 1.38		3:10PM 1.26			5:24PM 1.91	6:20PM 1.90	5:22AM 1.90		6:14PM 1.77	6:28AM 2.16		7:07PM 1.95	4:17AM 1.49		6:39PM 1.38	4:50AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	9:29AM 0.66		8:13PM 0.61	9:05AM 0.43		8:43PM 0.64	9:27AM 0.36		11:27PM 0.61	9:20AM 0.07		12:03AM 0.71	12:00PM 0.04		11:50PM 0.78		12:17PM -0.09	12:34AM 0.94	11:27AM -0.26	12:57PM -0.08	11:18PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	7	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	18	20	20	20	20	20	22	18	20	22	22	22	18	23	19	20	17	22	18	19
Low °C	21	19	17	19	19	19	20	18	21	17	19	21	21	21	18	22	18	17	16	22	17	19
Chill °C (?)	22	19	18	20	20	20	20	20	22	18	20	22	22	22	18	23	18	20	16	22	18	19
Sunrise	5:20	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:41	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:41	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:35
Sunset	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	0.1 NE	0.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	2.2 E	1.8 SE	1.5 E	1.1 SE	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	7	9	-	10	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.1 S	0.7 SE
Period (s)	10	10	-	7	10	10	10	-	7	10	7	10	6	15	10	14	-	-	10	-	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	1.6 E	0.4 E	1.5 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	-	1.2 NE	2.5 E	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	10	3	9	5	6	7	8	-	9	9	-	-	5	-	5

	Tuesday 12						Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aja Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	207	276	261	324	404	394	287	237	238	218	355	333	295	555	546	544	527	524	672	438	206	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								2:46AM 1.53					3:43PM 1.71			2:01AM 1.30					4:45PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		8:36AM 0.81									10:32AM 0.54			7:54PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	22	20	20	17	18	17	18	24	20	21	17	17	16	17	20	20	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	22	20	20	17	18	17	18	24	20	21	17	17	16	17	20	20	21	20	21
Sunrise	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	10	-	10	11	11	8	9	-	8	8	-	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	7	4	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.9 NE	-	1.7 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	10	-	-	-

	Tuesday 12	Wed
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aja Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	-	1.2 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.8 ESE	0.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	207	163	230	239	209	205	260	325	325	294	0	242	375	334	325	360	360	529	135	479	315	383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)												2:27PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)																6:59PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	19	24	19	21	19	18	18	17	20	18	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	16	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	19	24	19	21	19	18	18	17	20	18	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.8 ESE	0.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	4	-	11	10	10	9	9	10	9	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-

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