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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	2	4	5	2	1	1	1	0	1	5	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 N	0.6 NE	0.3 SE	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	3.5 SSE	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	1.4 SE	1.3 SW	1.0 N	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	9	9	7	9	13	5	12	8	7	10	10	8	8	6	7	9	8	8	7
Energy(?)	1370	462	336	2851	1109	43	111	44	26	28	1639	572	1329	2752	434	356	119	134	239	828	68	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:26PM 1.35		5:27AM 1.53	4:53PM 1.56		4:25AM 1.47			4:57AM 1.43		6:18PM 1.31	5:33AM 1.50		6:53PM 1.22	5:52AM 1.33		9:57PM 1.58	5:45AM 1.44		9:39PM 1.42	6:08AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	9:57AM 0.39		10:57PM 0.30	11:40AM 0.20		10:59PM 0.38	10:52AM 0.25	12:19PM 0.16	11:13PM 0.64	11:36AM 0.19		11:49PM 0.57		12:45PM 0.04	12:16AM 0.62		12:51PM 0.03			1:07PM 0.27	2:49AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	7	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	42	28	-	-	-	-	5	20	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	15	12	12	18	14	17	15	24	20	18	18	19	18	18	22	15	15	17	16	16
Low °C	14	13	12	12	12	18	12	15	14	24	18	15	16	18	16	17	22	13	14	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	10	14	10	11	18	13	17	14	24	20	17	18	18	18	18	22	14	15	17	16	15
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:30
Sunset	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.7 N	0.6 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.4 SE	1.3 SW	1.0 N	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	8	9	9	7	9	7	6	10	-	-	10	9	8	8	6	7	9	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.1 SE	1.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 S	0.1 NE	0.3 SW	0.5 ESE	0.3 S	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	8	15	6	4	14	8	7	13	11	12	-	-	-	10	9	8	6	9	7	8	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.3 ENE	-	3.0 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.6 S	2.1 S	3.5 SSE	2.3 S	0.6 WNW	3.0 S	0.9 SSW	-	1.4 SSW	-	0.7 SW	1.9 SSW	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	5	5	-	9	7	4	-	-	5	6	8	7	4	10	8	-	6	-	4	8	-	4

	Wednesday 01						Thursday 02								Friday 03
	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	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Uchiboso Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	2	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.9 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 W	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 E	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	0.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	9	8	8	8	7	8	9	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	13	10
Energy(?)	3416	1100	1072	755	405	415	336	574	1837	2081	1214	4013	323	1292	306	206	273	98	112	148	44	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:58AM 1.39				4:14PM 1.52				4:22AM 1.39				5:12PM 1.49				4:56AM 1.30	7:35AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			10:39AM 0.41				10:03PM 0.47				10:46AM 0.19				10:59PM 0.38				10:52AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	6	3	5	6	13	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	16	13	13	14	15	14	12	13	12	13	11	14	11	10	10	19	15	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	15	13	11	13	14	13	10	12	11	11	11	14	8	8	9	18	14	12	14	14
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSW	2.3 S	2.2 S	0.4 NE	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 N	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	10	8	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	10	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.3 SW	1.4 SSE	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	16	11	8	15	9	9	6	14	6	6	14	14	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	10	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	1.9 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	0.3 NNE	2.2 W	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.7 NE	0.8 E	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	4	6	-	7	8	9	10	9	3	8	4	4	8	8	-	7	-	6

	Wednesday 01																				Thu
	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	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Uchiboso Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	2	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SW	0.9 SSE	1.7 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SW	1.4 NW	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SE	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	11	8	9	9	9	9	8	10	8	9	8	8	9	7	8	8	7	8
Energy(?)	5605	2670	4767	1981	2674	1100	722	508	949	898	627	693	182	609	397	353	455	193	385	342	115	336
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:58AM 1.39	4:10AM 1.31												4:44PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)							9:54AM 0.47													10:14PM 0.47	11:42PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	2	1	1	-	1	1	1	3
High °C	16	16	15	14	16	18	16	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	18	14	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	12	16	18	14	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	17	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SW	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SW	0.9 SSE	1.7 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SW	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	11	10	10	8	9	8	9	9	8	10	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	1.7 S	1.3 SW	0.2 E	1.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	1.5 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	1.3 ENE	0.5 SSW	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	10	9	9	11	9	9	15	15	10	8	9	8	10	9	9	6	14	6	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.5 SW	-	-	0.6 NW	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 NE	-	0.3 NE	-	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	1.4 NW	1.4 ENE	-	0.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	-	11	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	3	-	5	5	-	7	6	-	4	-

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