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

	Fri		Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Takegashima Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	1	1	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	2.0 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	2.4 SW	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	137	103	88	132	126	125	135	869	1034	1166	546	2132	738	364	263	217	620	67	128	1089	242	289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:17PM 1.41			5:04PM 1.49	1:50AM 1.50		5:01PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.87	5:06AM 1.92		6:53PM 1.81	4:04AM 1.53		6:24PM 1.43	4:18AM 1.53		8:24PM 1.98	7:02AM 1.79		9:13PM 1.70	5:51AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		9:30PM 0.99	8:36AM 0.09		8:37PM 1.04	9:23AM -0.04		11:58PM 1.01		12:06PM -0.11	12:12AM 0.99	11:25AM -0.21		11:00PM 1.08	11:54AM -0.09		1:47AM 1.11		1:48PM 0.15	2:38AM 0.95		1:11PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	17	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	15	-	29	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	23	22	23	22	21	20	21	21	23	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	23	26	24
Low °C	22	21	23	23	21	22	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	22	21	23	23	23	22	25	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	22	23	22	21	20	21	21	23	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	23	26	24
Sunrise	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:22	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:22	-
Sunset	6:57	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	2.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	15	9	9	10	9	8	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.1 SE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	9	7	8	7	6	15	-	15	15	9	9	20	6	6	6	7	7	6	10	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	1.0 S	-	-	-	0.6 S	2.5 ESE	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.1 E	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE	2.4 SW	1.2 NE	-
Period (s)	-	3	5	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	7	4	4	8	8	-

	Friday 12				Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Mon
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	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	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period(s)	6	9	7	6	8	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8
Energy	69	137	60	49	103	74	68	88	80	132	136	85	126	130	134	125	126	135	123	95	869	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off
Tide State	high-ebb	mid-flow	low-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						1:08AM 1.45					5:04PM 1.49			1:50AM 1.50					5:01PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)				7:39PM 0.98	9:30PM 0.99			8:36AM 0.09	9:14AM 0.15			8:37PM 1.04					9:33AM -0.02				11:58PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2
Temp. °C	22	23	22	22	22	21	21	23	21	23	23	22	21	21	21	22	23	22	21	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	23	22	22	22	21	21	23	21	23	23	22	21	21	21	22	23	22	21	21	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.9 SW	0.3 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	9	6	6	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	9	5	6	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	6	6	8	15	6	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 S	-	-	0.8 SW	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	6	-	7	4	3	5	5	5	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	4	8	8

	Friday 12	Saturday 13
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Gomoda Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	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
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	7	6	6	6	7	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	5	5	5	7	7	7
Energy	70	69	69	66	55	137	137	60	60	60	49	49	49	101	103	103	74	74	74	68	68	71
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:12PM 1.60									1:08AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)											7:39PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	22	22	22	22	22	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	22	22	22	22	22	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	7	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	9	5	5	5	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5

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