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

	Sun	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.8 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 SE	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	0.8 NE	1.2 E
Period(s)	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9
Energy	226	292	705	702	471	544	838	515	231	211	260	215	219	333	2270	1945	3096	1742	1215	579	233	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:29AM 2.11		8:43PM 1.95	7:34AM 2.04		8:44PM 1.85	7:30AM 1.86		9:58PM 1.68	8:22AM 1.78		10:46PM 1.67	9:10AM 1.57		11:39PM 1.52	9:31AM 1.39		12:43AM 1.51		1:18PM 1.42	1:44AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	10:25PM 0.98		2:16PM -0.13	2:10AM 0.85		1:49PM 0.00	2:07AM 1.05		3:13PM 0.03		3:01AM 1.12	3:33PM 0.18		3:50AM 1.09	4:18PM 0.35		4:17AM 1.03	5:24PM 0.51		7:03AM 1.02		6:56PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	3	7	5	-	-	-	10	1	-	4	-	-	-	1	8	-	6	-
High °C	19	23	23	23	24	21	20	24	24	23	23	21	22	20	20	19	20	20	21	23	23	22
Low °C	18	22	22	22	24	20	20	21	24	23	21	21	21	19	20	19	19	19	20	22	23	21
Chill °C (?)	19	23	23	23	24	21	20	24	24	23	23	21	22	20	20	19	20	20	21	23	23	22
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	-	1.8 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	0.6 E	1.6 SE	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.9 ESE	-	2.2 ESE	-	-	1.8 ENE	0.8 NE	1.2 E
Period (s)	8	-	8	9	9	8	7	10	10	10	10	7	10	7	10	-	10	-	-	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSE	0.1 N	0.3 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.7 S	-	0.4 SW	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	11	9	8	5	4	7	10	6	-	6	-	7	-	-	-	9	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 E	1.3 E	-	0.4 WNW	1.9 ESE	1.9 SE	0.8 N	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	-	1.2 SSW	1.3 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	-	0.7 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	3	8	8	4	4	4	6	-	6	9	10	10	10	10	9	-	5	-

	Sun		Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	2.1 SE	1.5 SSE	1.3 E
Period(s)	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	10
Energy	285	285	226	213	216	292	292	705	135	257	702	575	539	471	637	544	509	1283	838	669	518	515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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 Tide / height (m)					4:17AM 1.49	7:29AM 2.11				7:55PM 1.85				7:34AM 2.04				8:37PM 1.80				7:30AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			10:25PM 0.98					2:16PM -0.13				1:48AM 0.86				1:49PM 0.00				2:00AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	3	2	1	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	18	18	18	22	23	23	22	20	22	22	23	24	24	21	20	20	20	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	21	19	18	18	18	22	23	23	22	20	22	22	23	24	24	21	20	20	20	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	1.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	0.6 E	1.4 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	1.5 SSE	1.3 E
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	-	-	8	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	7	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	11	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	8	9	11	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.5 SE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	-	-	0.8 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	4	9	-	-	-	3	4	8	7	8	8	-	-	4

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Asakawa Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E
Period(s)	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	285	107	285	260	233	285	265	231	226	226	217	213	214	210	216	221	129	292	292	292	292	292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													3:42AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)								10:25PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	25	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	22	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	21	25	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	22	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.3 SE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	11	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9

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