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

	Tue	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 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	Big Ben Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 N	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.4 WSW	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	7	7	8	7	7	5	7	7	6	7
Energy(?)	1116	1265	898	1404	451	682	238	499	570	529	322	248	77	342	368	251	286	130	91	66	106	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:59AM 2.00	4:09PM 1.39		7:14AM 1.89	5:10PM 1.45		7:40AM 1.93		7:50PM 1.86	5:11AM 1.53		7:41PM 1.86	5:22AM 1.30		8:43PM 1.81	8:10AM 1.97		9:32PM 1.79	8:41AM 1.87		11:40PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	12:18AM 0.10	11:56AM 0.55		10:35PM 0.12			10:45PM 0.38		1:50PM 0.22	1:53AM 0.23	11:40AM 0.20	1:37PM 0.01	1:31AM 0.58		12:35PM -0.04	2:23AM 0.64		2:53PM 0.21	2:59AM 1.00		3:48PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	4	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	17	8	7
High °C	12	20	14	15	18	18	18	11	11	9	20	12	20	21	21	21	21	16	21	12	9	9
Low °C	11	18	14	14	14	17	18	11	10	7	20	10	19	20	21	20	20	16	20	11	7	8
Chill °C (?)	12	20	13	13	18	18	17	10	9	7	20	10	20	21	21	21	21	14	21	11	6	6
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:51	-	-	6:40	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 NW	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 N	0.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	14	13	14	13	14	7	13	6	14	13	13	7	12	8	7	7	6	7	7	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	6	14	8	13	8	7	5	7	15	14	13	13	11	12	6	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 N	1.1 ENE	1.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 E	-	-	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	-	0.4 NNE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	6	7	7	5	6	6	5	-	6	7	-	-	3	5	-	4	6	7

	Tue		Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 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	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.1 ENE	2.3 SW	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	1111	1156	1116	1102	1415	1032	875	1111	1023	529	1081	503	775	1849	1452	559	695	686	796	609	522	469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:55PM 1.69									6:33PM 1.80								6:33PM 2.11				7:57AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			10:03PM 0.10				10:02AM 0.60	12:43PM 0.50			10:14PM 0.30	12:16AM 0.09			10:47AM 0.24	12:29PM 0.23				12:43AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	15	11	11	18	13	14	20	20	20	14	16	15	12	14	18	17	14	13	13	13	18
Chill °C (?)	19	15	11	11	18	13	13	20	20	20	12	15	15	10	13	18	16	13	12	12	12	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.1 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.6 E	2.1 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 E	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	7	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	0.2 E	1.4 SSE	1.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NE	0.7 E
Period (s)	6	-	5	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	-	11	7	14	6	6	6	6	6	7	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	-	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	-	1.1 NNE	-	1.7 NNE	1.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	4	4	6	7	7	-	7	4	-	6	-	6	7

	Tuesday 17	Wednesday 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	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 E	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	15	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1191	1266	1338	1213	1698	1253	940	1652	1629	922	824	812	67	998	999	799	960	841	828	828	451	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														4:11AM 1.18		6:06AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)							9:42PM 0.26			12:18AM 0.10											11:58AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	11	11	18	12	12	18	18	18	12	14	10	12	11	15	15	16	16	17	17	20
Chill °C (?)	19	16	10	10	18	12	12	18	18	18	12	14	10	11	11	15	15	16	16	17	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 E	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	15	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 N	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 E	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	6	-	11	11	6	11	11	5	5	5	4	-	12	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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