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 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Shida Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hebara Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	4	4	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.6 NE	-	0.7 ESE	3.0 ENE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E
Period(s)	10	9	6	10	6	9	7	12	6	6	11	6	9	6	-	8	8	10	7	10	10	10
Energy	882	773	229	147	175	93	103	40	158	132	34	24	14	50	0	75	1246	49	12	466	373	208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:14PM 1.41		3:46AM 1.57	3:03PM 1.41		4:08AM 1.65	4:33PM 1.60		4:35AM 1.72	4:46PM 1.83		4:44AM 1.80			3:29AM 1.38	4:37PM 1.40		3:32AM 1.46		6:48PM 1.96	3:56AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			8:30PM 0.57	9:42AM 0.68		9:47PM 0.50	10:27AM 0.52		10:04PM 0.51	10:59AM 0.36		10:32PM 0.60	11:05AM 0.23	12:04PM 0.21	10:51PM 0.62	10:06AM 0.08		10:00PM 0.79	10:25AM 0.13	1:03PM 0.11	12:25AM 0.75	10:55AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	heavy rain	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	2	30	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	2	-	32	-	11	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	17	21	14	21	19	23	18	21	21	17	14	17	14	22	14	18	18	19	18	20
Low °C	19	19	13	20	14	20	17	21	18	20	17	14	14	16	14	18	13	17	16	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	16	21	12	21	18	23	17	21	21	16	12	17	12	22	12	16	17	19	17	20
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	5:52	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:28	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:45
Sunset	-	6:50	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.1 E	0.1 SE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.7 ESE	3.0 ENE	2.2 NNE	0.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	9	13	10	6	9	7	7	9	9	8	6	5	8	5	8	8	10	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	5	12	5	8	12	6	7	11	-	8	9	5	6	8	8	11	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	1.8 ENE	-	0.9 NW	1.5 WNW	-	0.5 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	2	6	6	3	3	3	6	6	-	4	7	-	3	6	6

	Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kojima Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	2.4 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.0 S	1.5 NNE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	8	10	7	7	6	7	7	9	8	8
Energy	2116	1044	1069	1614	891	771	687	677	543	503	365	237	226	106	267	224	390	115	98	53	42	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		2:52AM 1.52				2:30PM 1.40					3:11AM 1.68							2:05AM 1.34				2:24PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)				8:50AM 0.88				8:54PM 0.49					9:12AM 0.81			7:48PM 0.46					9:57AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	5	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	17	18	20	20	19	18	18	17	14	22	21	17	14	14	14	15	21	22	19
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	17	18	20	20	19	18	18	17	12	22	21	17	14	14	14	15	21	22	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	-	2.4 E	1.9 ESE	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 SW	1.0 S	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	-	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	8	10	7	7	6	7	7	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	6	-	-	6	13	13	5	6	6	12	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	8	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.4 ESE	-	2.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 NE	1.5 NNE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	-	-	-	4	4

	Sat		Sunday 26
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kojima Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.5 ESE	2.4 E	0.7 NE	1.3 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	2.0 E	0.7 ENE
Period(s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	6	14	14	14	14	10	9	13
Energy	976	1041	2116	1619	882	2111	2111	2111	884	1155	884	211	1043	114	148	223	298	236	236	159	689	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						2:56AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)												8:40AM 0.92										6:33PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	18	18	17	19	19	19	18	19	18	16	20	18	16	18	17	17	17	20	19	17
Chill °C (?)	18	16	18	18	17	19	19	19	18	19	18	15	20	18	15	18	16	17	16	20	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	0.1 SE	2.4 E	0.7 NE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	2.0 E	0.9 SE
Period (s)	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	11	7	14	14	14	10	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.5 N	0.1 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	6	7	13	14	7	7	7	6	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	-	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	-	-	-	1.5 ESE	-	-	1.3 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-

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