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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	Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thu
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hebara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	2	3	2	2	1	2	3	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	1.9 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.6 NE	2.2 NE	1.3 NE	0.4 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.9 WSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	0.4 ENE	2.3 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	5	10	7	7	7	12	6	6	9	8	10	8	7	11	7	6	9	11	8	13	7	9
Energy(?)	84	10	384	597	457	35	82	325	291	206	86	697	301	124	349	324	170	223	237	140	513	373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:58PM 1.25		6:29AM 1.53	4:57PM 1.73		5:56AM 1.41	4:21PM 1.38		5:35AM 1.29	3:38PM 1.39		6:42AM 1.47	5:06PM 1.51		6:08AM 1.41	4:33PM 1.49		6:56AM 1.36		6:01PM 1.41	7:20AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)			11:20PM 0.24	11:39AM 1.05		10:48PM 0.02	11:12AM 0.83		10:49PM -0.01	10:17AM 0.98		10:52PM -0.05	11:50AM 0.91		12:11AM -0.05	11:13AM 0.91		11:37PM 0.07		12:23PM 0.70	12:53AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	8	1	1	-	1
High °C	19	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	20	21	15	15	15	10	10	12	14	10	2	2	7	4
Low °C	18	8	13	14	14	12	11	12	19	20	14	14	15	9	8	10	11	2	2	2	4	3
Chill °C (?)	19	10	11	12	11	13	12	12	20	21	14	15	15	8	8	11	12	7	-3	0	2	0
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:36	-	-	4:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.2 N	1.1 NW	0.4 WNW	1.3 NE	0.4 ENE	1.4 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	1.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	12	10	10	8	4	12	5	5	6	6	7	11	7	12	9	11	8	7	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 S	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	1.0 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	9	13	13	5	12	10	13	11	10	13	6	14	12	6	7	7	8	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	-	1.9 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 W	-	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 E	1.2 E	-	2.2 NE	-	0.8 ENE	-	1.9 WSW	0.2 N	1.1 NE	-	-	2.3 W	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	5	-	7	7	7	-	6	6	9	8	-	8	-	4	-	6	4	6	-	-	7	3

	Thursday 15						Friday 16								Saturday 17
	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	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	5	5	10	5	6	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	5	6	7	7
Energy(?)	112	389	61	73	62	146	201	256	594	938	996	209	452	405	253	51	50	50	103	325	482	598
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:28AM 1.14				4:10PM 1.65				5:31AM 1.28			2:07PM 1.29					4:52AM 1.32			2:58PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		7:39AM 1.01	10:29AM 0.99				10:09PM 0.14			8:57AM 1.07	9:09AM 0.99				10:14PM 0.03				10:15AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	9	19	19	19	10	10	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	10	13	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	4	9	19	19	19	9	8	8	9	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	8	8	6	5	6	5	6	6	7	8	7	7	10	10	10	7	4	4	4	12	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	9	7	10	10	5	9	9	9	11	13	10	10	13	13	13	7	7	12	12	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.5 WSW	0.7 ESE	-	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.6 W	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	8	5	-	-	5	6	6	7	8	7	-	7	7	7	3	-	-	5	6	7	7

	Thursday 15																				Fri
	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	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	5	5	5	10	10	10	5	12	7	7	9	9	9	12	12	12	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	129	202	77	81	76	11	11	17	8	38	271	379	8	8	8	23	23	23	497	704	730	495
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	on	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:02AM 1.09	5:47AM 1.26							12:54PM 1.27	1:06PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)							9:46AM 0.99											8:36PM 0.26	9:19PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	8	17	17	18	5	6	6	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	4	6	16	16	18	2	3	3	8	10	8	7	8	8	10	9	8	10	10	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	6	10	6	10	10	10	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	7	10	6	10	6	6	6	9	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	-	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	7	-	5	5	5	3	3	3	-	-	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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