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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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Kurihama Kanagawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa
Rating	5	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	2	1	1	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SE	3.0 SE	4.5 WSW	2.1 NNW	0.1 SW	0.9 NNW	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 E	1.0 NE	1.9 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 E	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	11	9	9	6	8	8	12	7	7	9	8	9	10	6	10	13	7	8	9	6	7
Energy(?)	411	2116	3540	687	1	139	93	82	405	273	68	133	536	49	37	28	158	162	590	223	167	88
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:01PM 1.52	2:01AM 1.02		12:07PM 1.33	2:44AM 1.15		1:02PM 1.30		3:29AM 1.17	1:55PM 1.33		4:55AM 1.41	3:04PM 1.49	7:40PM 0.48	7:20AM 1.66		6:17PM 1.80	5:57AM 1.33	3:53PM 1.39		5:56AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			7:12PM 0.54	5:59AM 0.90		7:35PM 0.42	6:59AM 0.97		8:42PM 0.26	8:20AM 0.89		11:50PM 0.32	9:51AM 1.02		12:56AM 0.19		12:39PM 0.86	1:13AM 0.07	10:51AM 0.95		10:39PM 0.06	10:42AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	23	11
High °C	9	10	12	18	8	18	9	11	10	12	20	9	14	15	12	16	15	15	15	17	19	14
Low °C	8	10	10	17	8	18	8	10	10	10	20	8	13	14	11	13	15	14	15	17	13	12
Chill °C (?)	6	8	8	17	6	18	7	11	9	12	20	7	14	15	12	16	14	15	15	17	19	14
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	4:24	-	-	5:12	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SE	3.0 SE	1.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.9 NNW	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 NE	0.3 W	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	8	11	10	11	9	8	8	4	13	12	9	8	6	10	6	10	5	7	8	9	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	10	13	8	6	10	12	8	8	8	6	5	6	11	6	4	13	10	14	14	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	-	4.5 WSW	2.1 NNW	-	0.5 E	0.4 NNE	0.2 WNW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	0.3 NNW	1.9 NNE	0.6 NE	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	1.7 E	-	1.3 SE	-
Period (s)	2	-	9	9	-	5	3	3	7	7	-	2	9	5	-	2	-	-	8	-	6	-

	Sunday 14						Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	2	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SE	1.4 SE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 NNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	0.9 NE	0.9 NNW	0.6 E	0.7 NNW	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	8	10	7	8	12	13	13
Energy(?)	538	323	1965	3073	3252	2121	2265	1220	2555	816	528	425	610	946	311	137	138	57	91	82	96	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:47AM 1.25					2:01AM 1.02									5:16AM 1.47			1:32PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 0.82				6:51PM 0.54				6:13AM 0.74				8:12PM 0.47	10:44PM 0.21							8:14PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	9	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	12	18	13	13	7	18	18	19	9	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	8	10	6	10	10	10	8	7	10	10	11	18	12	13	5	18	18	19	7	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.4 SE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 NNW	0.5 SE	1.8 W	0.9 NE	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	10	8	11	8	8	7	8	4	4	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.7 NE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	9	14	14	13	10	9	9	9	13	10	11	10	10	9	4	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.2 WNW	0.6 NNW	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	0.9 NE	2.2 W	2.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 N	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	4	2	3	-	9	10	10	9	9	-	-	5	8	8	6	5	5	5	3	3	3	7

	Sunday 14																				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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	2	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	3.0 NNW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	0.3 SW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	425	544	386	381	392	411	451	2202	1513	2374	3315	1930	2299	3064	12	1157	1119	1031	2385	2185	756	754
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									11:54AM 1.26			2:59PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			5:05AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	2	4	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	7	6	7	8	7	9	11	11	13	16	14	13	5	17	16	17	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	12	3	2	4	5	4	6	8	10	11	14	10	9	1	16	14	16	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	0.3 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	10	9	10	14	8	10	10	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	11	11	11	8	5	14	7	8	8	8	13	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	4.0 S	3.0 NNW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	0.7 NW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	2	3	3	2	2	9	10	4	4	10	10	8	8	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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