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

	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Onjuku Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Choshi Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 E	2.1 S	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.7 E	0.8 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	1.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	11	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	6	9	8	6	8	8	8	8
Energy	795	1408	1300	1467	1483	560	194	264	229	408	127	744	355	454	44	296	209	216	262	239	210	138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:22PM 1.53	10:21AM 1.30		10:15PM 1.08			12:11AM 1.19		12:26PM 1.07		3:24AM 1.82	4:03PM 1.71	12:28AM 1.40		2:58PM 1.27			4:13PM 1.36	2:47AM 1.37	5:15AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		4:30PM 0.55		5:04AM 0.93	4:50PM 0.63		7:35AM 0.81	4:27PM 0.63		6:21AM 0.58	5:58PM 0.71	9:09PM 0.86	10:08AM 0.51		6:35PM 0.89	9:11AM 0.24		10:39PM 0.95	8:58AM 0.03		9:24PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	10	1	-	-	1	1	12	25	25	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	34
High °C	21	23	20	22	23	20	21	21	21	21	20	24	23	24	20	22	23	22	22	23	21	24
Low °C	20	23	20	21	22	18	20	21	20	20	19	23	23	23	20	22	22	22	22	22	20	23
Chill °C (?)	21	23	20	22	23	20	21	21	21	21	20	24	23	24	20	22	23	22	22	23	21	24
Sunrise	4:24	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:24	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	7:17	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	2.2 E	1.7 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.6 E	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.4 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	11	8	10	10	10	9	9	6	9	7	8	8	8	8	6	9	6	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	2.1 S	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ENE	-	0.5 E	0.3 SW	0.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 N	0.2 E	-	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	9	9	8	8	-	11	6	11	8	9	7	10	-	8	9	8	7	9	9	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.4 NW	1.3 NNE	-	0.8 NNE	1.2 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 NNE	1.2 NE	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	0.6 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	3	6	-	5	9	7	7	7	8	5	6	-	-	6	6	-	7	-	-

	Sunday 07						Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	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	Onjuku Chiba	Kojima Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 S	2.0 S	0.9 ENE	2.1 SSW	2.2 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	1.2 E	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	12	11	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	7	7
Energy	972	795	1327	1408	1339	2390	1300	1217	2921	1467	303	1483	1099	710	560	577	585	194	219	264	259	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:30AM 1.17	10:29AM 1.58				11:22PM 1.53				11:03AM 1.48				10:15PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)					4:39PM 0.53				5:04AM 0.93				3:53PM 0.47				5:18AM 0.77	7:35AM 0.81			4:40PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	23	23	21	20	20	21	19	21	23	23	21	21	20	21	20	20	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	17	20	23	23	21	20	20	21	19	21	23	23	21	21	20	21	20	20	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	2.5 S	2.2 E	2.1 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 S	2.0 S	0.9 ENE	2.1 SSW	2.2 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	6	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.2 ENE	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.9 S	1.6 ENE	1.2 S	1.2 ESE	-	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	7	8	9	10	11	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	-	7	7	11	7	6	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 W	1.1 N	1.0 NNW	1.3 NNE	1.0 N	0.4 WNW	3.0 E	0.4 NW	-	1.3 NNE	0.7 NNW	-	-	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 NNE	0.9 NE	1.2 E	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	5	5	5	3	8	3	-	6	4	-	-	10	6	5	8	9	7	7

	Sunday 07	Mon
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	9	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy	1091	993	972	955	939	795	795	1327	1327	1407	1497	1408	1053	1195	1339	1196	2471	2390	2390	3272	1300	1300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					7:55AM 1.16			10:29AM 1.58													11:22PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)														4:39PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	17	18	19	20	20	23	23	24	23	23	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	18	19	20	20	23	23	24	23	23	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	3.0 ENE	1.0 N	0.9 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5

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