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

	Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			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	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	1	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 W	0.4 NE	1.2 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.7 E	0.8 NNW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 W	1.3 NNE	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.1 SE	0.7 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 N	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	12	8	8	10	7	9	10	8	8	8	8	9	12	6	8	11	7	8	11
Energy(?)	286	278	732	84	179	174	114	66	627	689	1857	243	55	107	32	260	45	4	151	507	624	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			6:44PM 1.36	7:36AM 1.36		7:29PM 1.28	8:21AM 1.25		10:40PM 1.67	8:21AM 1.35		8:47PM 1.11	9:16AM 1.23		10:49PM 0.94	9:23AM 1.34			3:02AM 1.19	1:40PM 1.64		3:48AM 11:11AM 1.20 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		12:50PM 0.64	1:25AM 0.19		1:21PM 0.57	1:56AM 0.32		2:08PM 0.53			3:15PM 0.48	2:07AM 0.72		4:19PM 0.45			5:13PM 0.39	7:57PM 0.34	7:47AM 0.92		9:22PM 0.23	5:40AM 1.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	4	5	6	14	15	14	5	6	7	3	17	17	7	7	10	8	7	6	15	5
Low °C	4	4	3	3	6	14	15	14	4	5	7	2	15	16	5	5	7	6	5	5	14	3
Chill °C (?)	-1	4	1	5	5	13	14	13	-2	4	1	0	16	17	3	7	8	4	4	4	13	2
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	4:57	-	-	4:58	-	-	6:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	6:02	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NE	1.2 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.7 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.9 SW	0.3 NE	1.3 NNE	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	7	12	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	8	8	8	9	12	12	6	11	7	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 NNW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.5 W	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 NE	0.5 SW	0.6 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	10	7	13	11	10	11	6	9	9	4	4	-	6	7	12	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	-	2.2 W	0.3 NW	-	0.6 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 NNW	2.1 WSW	0.7 NNE	3.5 W	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.5 WNW	0.9 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 N	0.9 N
Period (s)	4	-	7	3	-	6	5	7	9	11	8	-	4	-	-	-	6	3	5	7	8	4

	Thursday 22						Friday 23								Saturday 24
	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	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Torami Chiba
Rating	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.5 NE	1.7 N	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 SE	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	8	8	8	8	7	13	8	7	8	10	8	8	8	8	11	7	7	10	10	8
Energy(?)	122	197	299	789	1248	1063	928	263	461	404	463	66	596	725	302	272	46	103	104	80	107	771
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		7:20AM 1.36				6:44PM 1.36				7:36AM 1.36				7:29PM 1.28					10:11AM 1.61			7:38PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)				12:43PM 0.64				1:05AM 0.14	3:35AM 0.29			1:09PM 0.69				1:21AM 0.36					4:37PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	13	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	14	14	15	15	7
Chill °C (?)	-4	-2	0	3	2	-1	-1	-1	11	3	5	6	6	5	2	2	2	13	13	15	14	3
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 N	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 NE	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	11	8	8	12	8	11	7	10	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	11	10	10	5	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.4 NW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.8 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	2.1 SW
Period (s)	3	3	4	8	8	8	7	13	7	7	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	7	7	7	8

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	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	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Torami Chiba
Rating	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SE	2.5 N	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SE	1.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	11	8	8	8	11	11	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	124	122	426	337	286	319	291	124	1332	271	278	132	348	1125	1179	121	120	810	745	583	531	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:14AM 1.37											6:11PM 1.38		8:49PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)										12:43PM 0.64												12:38AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	12	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	13	13	13	13	2
Chill °C (?)	-3	-3	-2	-3	-2	0	0	0	9	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	-2	10	10	10	10	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SE
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	7	8	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 NNE	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	9	7	7	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.2 NNW	2.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NNE	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	3	-	-	4	4	4	3	10	4	4	4	-	8	8	4	7	9	9	9	9	7

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