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 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tue
	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	Choshi Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 W	0.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.3 NE	1.7 E	0.9 SE	1.6 SW	1.1 SE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	8	8	5	10	7	7	8	7	7	7	9	7	10	9	8	5	9	12	12
Energy(?)	477	2111	498	1503	328	79	20	975	547	179	234	31	257	47	71	27	456	160	317	213	279	552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:12AM 1.33	2:04PM 1.44		5:07AM 1.22	1:32PM 1.21		4:41AM 1.23	2:27PM 1.25		5:09AM 1.29	2:56PM 1.34		5:47AM 1.29	3:48PM 1.38		7:44AM 1.57			7:17AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		8:41PM 0.59	8:44AM 1.17		8:00PM 0.32	9:01AM 1.11		9:03PM 0.17	9:09AM 0.99		9:57PM 0.08	9:53AM 0.94		10:30PM -0.02	10:46AM 0.87		10:58PM -0.06		12:30PM 0.90	12:30AM -0.18		1:03PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	11	9	10	10	19	9	14	13	14	14	10	11	16	16	11	21	18	16	12	6	14
Low °C	13	8	7	9	7	19	8	13	13	12	12	9	11	14	12	11	20	16	16	9	5	13
Chill °C (?)	12	6	7	8	9	19	8	11	11	14	13	8	9	16	16	8	21	18	14	10	2	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:46	-
Sunset	4:43	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 N	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 NE	1.1 SE	0.7 NE	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	9	9	8	6	10	9	10	8	13	7	7	9	7	10	9	8	13	9	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 NE	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 NE	0.6 SW	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	10	-	11	11	10	10	6	12	13	13	10	8	4	9	-	10	10	9	6	6	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	0.3 NNW	2.5 WSW	-	0.8 ESE	-	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	1.5 W	0.4 NNW	1.5 WSW	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.7 E	-	1.6 SW	0.3 W	1.0 NE	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	7	9	3	8	-	5	-	7	7	-	7	3	7	-	-	6	9	-	5	2	7	8

	Tuesday 13				Wednesday 14								Thursday 15								Fri
	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	Ada Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tainohama Shikoku
Rating	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	10	6	6	7	6
Energy(?)	85	109	86	64	1169	1152	811	2963	2114	257	217	350	255	236	91	351	117	58	274	382	469	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:54PM 1.44					3:48AM 1.05		11:53AM 1.24	12:21PM 1.19					4:28AM 1.14				3:13PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				8:41PM 0.59				6:17AM 1.03				8:18PM 0.27				7:39AM 1.01					10:09PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	14	8	6	10	9	7	8	9	10	9	10	10	9	6	8	9	19	12	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	16	12	6	4	8	9	5	6	9	10	9	8	9	7	3	7	7	19	11	7	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 S	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	5	10	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 NE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	-	-	10	13	-	11	11	11	13	10	10	10	10	9	9	4	10	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.7 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.5 WSW	0.9 SW	-	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	7	4	3	4	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	7	-	6	6	7	6

	Tuesday 13	Wednesday 14
	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	Ada Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tainohama Shikoku
Rating	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 NNW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.1 NNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	7	7	8	8	7
Energy(?)	75	144	200	200	447	374	796	949	1028	840	1035	1648	1774	2404	1273	2689	1161	118	21	57	56	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				12:54PM 1.44																4:14AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)											7:37PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	17	3	5	5	3
Chill °C (?)	18	12	12	14	11	11	11	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	16	0	-1	-1	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.1 NNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	-	9	9	14	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	7	7	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 N	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	11	-	-	11	-	-	12	-	-	-	12	-	11	8	9	12	12	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	-	0.6 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	3	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	4	6	5	-

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