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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	Tue		Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa
Rating	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	4	1	0	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NNE	1.2 NE	1.0 NE	0.5 SE	1.9 W	0.7 SE	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.3 NE	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.0 N	0.1 S	1.0 NNE	0.2 E	0.7 ESE	-
Period(s) (?)	7	7	14	10	6	10	8	8	9	9	12	8	10	8	9	8	8	5	9	11	9	-
Energy(?)	790	224	415	50	339	188	248	292	630	327	60	110	31	1702	741	1299	127	2	166	13	83	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	off	off	off	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:52PM 1.96	6:45AM 1.36	5:46PM 1.42	7:29PM 1.95	8:40AM 1.73		8:25PM 1.75	7:24AM 1.36		7:09PM 1.31	8:21AM 1.25		7:59PM 1.20	9:36AM 1.44		8:47PM 1.11	8:48AM 1.33		10:43PM 0.98	9:51AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		1:31AM 0.12	12:00PM 0.80	12:17PM 0.70	2:03AM 0.18		2:37PM 0.59	2:48AM 0.22		1:27PM 0.58	1:35AM 0.29		2:26PM 0.53	2:05AM 0.46	3:09AM 0.39	3:57PM 0.51	2:07AM 0.72		4:05PM 0.40	2:57AM 0.83	3:23AM 0.77	5:42PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light snow	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	1
High °C	15	11	1	1	7	3	4	3	15	15	6	16	9	6	5	8	4	4	8	15	20	20
Low °C	14	5	0	1	6	3	3	2	14	15	5	14	7	2	5	8	3	2	6	11	19	18
Chill °C (?)	15	9	-4	-2	2	-2	2	-1	14	14	6	16	5	1	3	3	2	3	7	13	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:15	-
Sunset	5:37	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:57	-	-	6:02	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:44	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.2 ESE	2.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 NE	1.0 N	-	1.0 NNE	0.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	7	10	8	10	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	10	8	9	8	8	-	9	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 WSW	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 WNW	0.1 S	-	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	8	10	13	10	11	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	11	5	5	-	4	6	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.0 NE	1.4 NE	1.9 W	0.4 NNE	-	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	1.5 SW	-	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	14	8	6	3	-	3	7	7	8	-	8	8	9	8	-	-	-	2	4	4

	Tuesday 20				Wednesday 21								Thursday 22								Fri
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	2.2 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NE	0.8 ESE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 SE	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	1.7 W	0.6 SE	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	7	6	8	10	10	8	10	7	8	10	10	7	10	8	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	777	790	686	209	665	418	547	236	456	386	183	551	527	202	76	316	148	627	846	319	292	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:50PM 1.46					8:16AM 1.86			5:46PM 1.42	6:01PM 1.41				8:00AM 1.43				6:13PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)						1:35AM -0.09			11:54AM 0.80	12:17PM 0.70				12:35AM 0.04				12:43PM 0.64				1:25AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	8	7	10	8	5	6	1	1	1	6	2	1	2	5	3	4	4	4	2	2
Chill °C (?)	13	15	6	4	8	6	2	4	-3	-2	-2	4	-1	-3	-3	1	-1	2	0	0	-1	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SE	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	10	7	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	8	10	10	7	5	13	7	11	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.8 NE	0.5 N	2.2 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NE	-	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	-	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	0.4 NW	0.8 NW	1.7 W	0.3 NW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	7	7	8	3	7	6	8	-	10	8	-	7	8	3	4	7	3	8	7	5	3	4

	Tuesday 20	Wednesday 21
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	1	2	1	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SE	1.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.0 NNE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.8 NE	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	1.3 NE	0.4 SE	1.3 W	1.2 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	12	12	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	5	5
Energy(?)	100	342	174	203	788	156	193	235	686	473	215	87	14	330	34	375	306	63	62	58	158	158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			11:24AM 0.87													12:46AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	10	10	14	14	13	13	8	7	7	6	5	5	2	7	3	2	1	1	1	1
Chill °C (?)	11	12	7	8	14	13	11	11	6	4	4	2	1	1	-5	3	-2	-4	-6	-6	-5	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	1.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.6 NE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 W	0.3 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	11	10	8	15	8	8	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.9 SE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	9	8	8	8	11	11	11	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.8 NE	1.5 NE	0.5 N	1.3 NE	0.5 N	1.3 NE	1.5 NW	1.6 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	6	6	5	3	7	6	7	7	8	8	3	8	3	10	5	6	9	5	5	5	5	5

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