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

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	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	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea
Rating	2	0	0	1	3	4	5	4	4	4	2	1	0	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	1.6 E	1.4 NE	1.0 ESE	3.0 SE	1.5 SSE	5.0 SW	3.5 W	0.7 SE	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	4	6	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	4
Energy	388	30	15	221	131	82	1156	313	4237	4120	93	263	17	414	941	1042	474	600	719	108	89	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:44PM 1.56	2:57AM 1.36	3:15AM 1.33	4:21PM 1.29		8:58AM 2.05	5:28PM 1.44		4:05AM 1.48	5:43PM 1.43		4:29AM 1.53		7:32PM 1.68	6:36AM 1.84		8:19PM 1.72	6:47AM 1.68		7:11PM 1.29	5:13AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	10:25AM 0.39		9:05PM 0.66	9:50AM 0.18		9:52PM 0.60			10:32PM 0.79	10:55AM 0.14		11:00PM 0.84	11:19AM -0.02		1:03AM 0.79		1:32PM 0.12	1:42AM 0.94		12:30PM 0.17	11:53PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	-	8	24	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	14	14	18	13	19	16	17	17	20	19	19	21	21	19	20	19	18	17	16	26
Low °C	18	16	13	13	17	12	17	16	15	16	19	18	18	21	20	19	18	16	18	17	13	21
Chill °C (?)	18	19	12	12	18	11	18	16	15	16	20	19	18	21	20	19	20	18	18	16	14	26
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:24
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.3 NE	1.5 SSE	1.1 ESE	3.0 WSW	0.7 SE	1.3 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.8 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	9	10	8	9	10	10	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.2 E	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 NE	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.5 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	9	11	4	12	10	-	13	-	12	9	11	9	7	-	-	6	7	9	7	10	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	-	0.3 NE	1.6 E	1.4 NE	1.0 ESE	3.0 SE	-	5.0 SW	3.5 W	1.2 SSW	-	0.4 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 WSW	0.3 NE	0.9 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	-	2	6	6	6	8	-	9	9	10	-	4	6	8	8	8	8	8	3	4	3

	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Uchiboso Chiba	Mera Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 NNE	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.8 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9
Energy	253	72	507	441	278	203	76	41	15	8	7	6	208	129	298	613	511	522	765	1494	1419	3467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)											3:22AM 1.43				5:55PM 1.75				5:07AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	9:55PM 0.56				9:19AM 0.32				9:30PM 0.67				9:39AM 0.24				11:39PM 0.64				9:55AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	1	-	1	8	2	1	-	4	15	3	-
Temp. °C	19	18	19	19	18	18	13	18	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	14	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	17	19	19	18	18	12	18	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	16	17	16	18	13	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	0.2 W	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.3 SW	-	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	2.3 SE	0.3 NE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	-	7	8	8	8	8	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 W	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.5 SSE	-	0.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	5	9	4	8	4	5	6	10	-	-	8	8	8	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.3 NW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 NNE	1.4 WSW	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.8 ESE	2.0 E	-	0.3 W	-	2.5 SE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	6	2	6	6	6	6	6	6	2	3	3	3	6	6	7	7	-	2	-	8	9	9

	Tue	Wednesday 29
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Uchiboso Chiba	Mera Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 NNE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 SE	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 E	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	5	11	11	6	9	5	5
Energy	123	120	250	265	265	245	70	84	68	70	54	54	294	142	26	50	37	41	11	52	75	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)						2:50AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	9:55PM 0.56												9:07AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	19	15	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	20	21	21	21	18	18	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	18	18	18	14	16	18	16	16	16	18	18	20	21	21	21	18	18	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 W	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	6	9	9	9	9	6	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	12	8	7	9	9	11	-	11	13	13	13	13	9	9	8	10	8	8	6	11	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 NNE	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.5 SW	-	0.9 NNE	0.7 NE	-	-	1.1 NE	0.4 E	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	6	6	5	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	5	-	-	4	9	5	5

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