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

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	3	2	2	2	4	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.8 NNW	2.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 E
Period(s)	9	10	8	9	9	7	8	10	9	10	7	10	9	9	10	8	7	9	9	7	7	8
Energy	567	1516	581	445	325	336	1343	282	605	504	51	206	287	249	421	313	97	211	321	94	246	420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:47AM 1.37		10:35PM 1.32	10:27AM 1.05		2:01AM 1.64		3:03PM 1.52			4:11PM 1.67	1:00AM 1.33		4:12PM 1.61	2:37AM 1.50			2:29AM 1.44			6:34PM 1.87	5:30AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		4:50PM 0.63		5:00AM 0.71	4:40PM 0.57	7:28PM 0.78	8:27AM 0.69		9:09PM 0.86	8:21AM 0.50		7:08PM 0.82	8:09AM 0.20		9:18PM 1.00	8:58AM 0.03		9:15PM 0.96	9:46AM -0.10	12:40PM 0.02	11:58PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	4	1	22	54	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	23	23	21	19	20	25	24	22	23	22	24	20	22	24	21	22	23	19	22	22	21	24
Low °C	22	22	20	19	19	24	24	22	23	21	23	19	21	23	20	22	23	18	21	22	21	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	19	20	25	24	22	23	22	24	20	22	24	21	22	23	19	22	22	21	24
Sunrise	4:54	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:09
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 E	0.4 SW	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	10	8	9	8	9	8	10	9	10	7	7	9	9	10	8	8	9	9	8	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.7 E	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.7 E	1.0 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.3 E	0.7 E	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.1 S	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	7	6	11	6	6	7	6	9	7	8	7	8	9	6	6	8	6	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.0 N	-	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.8 NNW	2.5 SSW	-	1.3 NE	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 E
Period (s)	4	5	-	9	9	7	8	-	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	9	7	7	8

	Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	1.7 SE	2.0 S	1.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 NE	1.3 E	1.0 ENE	1.2 E	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s)	9	9	11	9	10	10	9	8	8	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	10	8	8	10
Energy	1386	1007	1996	567	1506	1516	1272	771	581	578	519	445	195	325	212	338	336	240	286	1343	402	282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	11:22PM 1.53				9:58AM 1.21				10:35PM 1.32				11:07AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)			5:04AM 0.93				4:22PM 0.50									6:01PM 0.77				8:27AM 0.69	9:05AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	17	2	2	1	-	-	2	-	-	17	22	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	22	23	23	22	20	21	20	20	19	21	19	21	20	25	19	20	24	23	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	22	23	23	22	20	21	20	20	19	21	19	21	20	25	19	20	24	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	1.7 SE	2.0 S	1.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	0.8 S	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 ENE	1.2 SW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	11	9	10	10	9	8	8	9	7	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	10	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.5 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	1.0 ENE	0.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 S	0.5 N	0.3 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	8	9	8	8	10	9	8	8	10	7	9	6	9	9	11	8	8	6	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.5 N	2.5 E	0.7 WSW	0.3 N	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	1.5 NE	1.3 E	0.9 WNW	1.2 E	0.9 WSW	-	1.8 NNW	-	0.8 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.0 N	-
Period (s)	5	4	7	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	11	9	6	9	8	-	7	-	5	8	4	-

	Sun		Monday 08
	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	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 E	3.5 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.7 SE	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 E	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	8	9	9
Energy	3906	3716	1386	1320	1048	1007	1250	668	1996	1912	1845	567	1054	1582	1506	272	295	1516	1516	1319	1272	1142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			11:22PM 1.53													12:01PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)									5:04AM 0.93											4:22PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	22	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	22	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	2.4 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SE	1.8 E	1.2 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 E	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 E	3.5 E	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 WNW	-	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.7 WSW	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-	1.0 N	1.0 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	5	5	5	4	3	-	7	7	7	4	-	4	4	-	-	5	5	-	-	-

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