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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	Sat	Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kudaka Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Torami Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Sunset Okinawa	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	2	1	3	2	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 N	0.2 NNE	1.2 NE	0.3 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 N	1.1 NNW	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 SSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	7	8	8	6	6	12	9	7	10	8	7	8	9	8	9	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	460	252	23	158	97	45	81	28	235	16	4	11	775	368	327	171	88	116	278	229	443	605
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:12AM 1.30	4:42PM 1.52	7:33PM 1.96	8:58AM 1.81		8:18PM 1.94	9:35AM 1.80	5:37PM 1.43		7:31AM 1.39		6:16PM 1.45	8:22AM 1.35		6:56PM 1.28	8:20AM 1.37		8:26PM 1.18			2:40AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	10:25PM -0.12	10:55AM 0.94		2:24AM -0.20		1:53PM 0.82		3:04AM -0.13	12:11PM 0.85	12:45AM 0.02		12:53PM 0.81	1:04AM 0.22		1:33PM 0.79	1:32AM 0.39		2:23PM 0.68	2:32AM 0.59	7:50AM 0.53	3:50PM 0.63	8:34PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	10	8	10	13	9	11	12	8	7	16	11	8	7	16	11	17	8	7	11	7
Low °C	16	16	8	7	7	12	7	10	12	6	6	16	8	7	7	16	10	16	5	6	8	6
Chill °C (?)	15	17	8	8	8	11	7	8	10	8	3	14	8	6	4	15	8	16	4	4	8	3
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:42	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:51	-	-	4:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.2 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 NNE	1.9 WNW	0.3 SW	-	0.3 SE	0.2 E	1.6 WSW	1.3 N	0.3 ESE	1.6 WNW	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	8	8	6	12	8	7	-	8	6	8	9	10	7	9	10	-	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.6 W	0.1 NE	0.8 NNE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	12	9	11	10	10	12	10	10	9	11	-	9	12	7	7	8	9	7	-	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	-	0.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 N	2.5 WNW	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	2.0 NNW	3.0 WSW	0.6 NNE	-	1.1 NNW	1.8 WNW	0.9 NNW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 SSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	6	-	7	8	8	6	6	8	-	4	2	8	7	4	-	8	8	7	7	7	7	7

	Sat		Sunday 04								Monday 05								Tuesday 06
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Torami Chiba	Torami Chiba	Torami Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu
Rating	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	2.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 N	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 NNE	0.7 SW	1.3 NNE
Period(s) (?)	11	8	7	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	6	8	9
Energy(?)	75	674	533	480	372	210	205	166	334	588	643	598	517	212	90	145	703	530	31	89	117	289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						7:48AM 1.86			4:10PM 1.43					6:53AM 1.43			4:30PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			11:20PM -0.06	1:42AM -0.21				1:53PM 0.72			11:21PM -0.06				11:14AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	9	16	16	16	16	17	9	9	8	7	9	9	10	12	11	10	7	7	4	7
Chill °C (?)	6	6	6	16	16	16	16	17	7	8	8	6	8	7	8	10	9	7	2	6	0	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.4 WSW	0.5 NE	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 N	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.2 ENE	1.3 SW	0.1 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.7 SW	1.3 NNE
Period (s)	7	8	11	9	9	9	8	8	11	11	8	7	7	10	7	10	8	10	6	6	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.3 W
Period (s)	11	7	10	9	9	6	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	9	10	9	10	9	7	9	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	2.0 WSW	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	0.5 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	-
Period (s)	2	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	3	6	7	-

	Saturday 03	Sunday 04
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Torami Chiba	Torami Chiba	Torami Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu
Rating	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	3	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	1.0 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	11	8	7	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	87	376	791	1027	1800	576	1216	1102	229	201	51	51	43	62	41	41	33	21	4	268	22	258
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				6:47PM 1.94											5:51AM 1.44					10:37AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)																					11:15AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	9	15	15	16	16	16	7	7	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	6	8	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	6	6	4	13	13	15	15	15	4	4	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	6	6	7	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	2.2 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 NNE	0.4 SW	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	7	8	8	12	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	4	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	11	7	12	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	8	8	9	8	8	8	11	8	8	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 NNW	2.4 NNW	0.9 NE	1.7 N	1.7 N	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.5 N	-	1.2 W	-	1.3 W
Period (s)	3	8	7	10	10	5	9	9	-	-	2	2	-	3	2	2	-	4	-	5	-	6

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