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

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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 SSE	1.4 SE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	11	7	7	8	8	8	9	6	9	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	522	508	709	347	226	558	421	101	85	75	199	258	196	85	76	240	145	333	471	630	845	730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:08PM 2.03	8:08AM 1.95		6:22PM 1.39	6:00AM 1.40		7:12PM 1.30	7:04AM 1.35		7:48PM 1.27	6:21AM 1.51		9:01PM 1.16	7:50AM 1.23		12:49AM 0.89	8:20AM 1.15			8:08AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		1:35PM 0.21	2:13AM 0.26		2:31PM -0.05	12:11AM 0.44		12:35PM 0.11	12:40AM 0.59		2:07PM -0.01	12:35AM 0.90		1:47PM 0.19	12:55AM 1.02		4:00PM 0.09	1:22AM 0.89		5:33PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	11	15	11	11	14	14	16	13	14	14	15	15	14	11	12	12	16	16	16	16	16
Low °C	18	8	12	7	11	13	14	16	12	13	12	14	13	13	9	11	11	15	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	9	12	10	9	13	14	15	11	13	13	12	14	12	8	10	11	15	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:25	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.4 SE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	15	13	14	13	13	8	12	13	11	5	7	7	8	8	8	9	6	9	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.6 S	0.8 NE	0.3 SSW	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 W	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SSE	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	5	12	5	5	15	11	11	11	10	7	7	9	12	8	8	8	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 E	2.5 WNW	0.9 NE	-	0.8 SE	-	0.9 SE	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.6 NE	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	-	1.5 ESE	0.4 SW	0.8 ESE	0.5 N	-	1.4 SE
Period (s)	-	6	7	6	-	4	-	5	5	-	-	4	6	4	3	-	6	4	6	6	-	7

	Friday 20						Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	560	732	515	508	536	560	516	530	449	607	603	226	223	215	180	579	441	421	356	282	219	96
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		7:25AM 2.03							5:35AM 1.40	6:20AM 1.41				6:05PM 1.46				6:42AM 1.39				6:53PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)				1:52PM 0.01			11:40PM 0.30								11:43PM 0.63	12:56AM 0.50				1:23PM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	18	19	19	19	8	7	7	6	12	13	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	10	18	19	19	19	5	5	5	3	11	13	9	9	9	11	12	12	14	13	14	15	11
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	14	6	14	13	13	8	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 WNW	1.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	14	6	7	7	8	13	5	4	6	16	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	-	0.7 SE	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	-	-	-	6	3	3	6	6	-	-	5	-	5

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	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	578	695	537	530	530	611	611	551	527	519	570	449	449	442	442	623	676	675	646	646	709	465
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					7:38AM 1.93										5:20PM 1.50	6:24PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)									11:20AM 0.11	12:07PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	18	18	18	18	12	12	11	11	16	16	11	10	10	9	15	15	15	15	14	14	8
Chill °C (?)	12	18	18	18	18	9	9	8	8	14	14	8	7	7	6	13	13	12	12	11	11	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 NNE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 E
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	5

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