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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	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Fri
	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	Izumi Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Tainohama Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	2	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	2.4 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 NW	0.9 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.1 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 NNW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	12	5	7	8	9	8	8	7	8	7	6	7	12	7	10	6	6	9	10	9	9	8
Energy(?)	428	13	176	100	966	187	225	216	58	195	116	89	39	40	3	19	10	8	4779	1345	656	442
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:31PM 1.40		5:25AM 1.37	2:49PM 1.54		6:19AM 1.48	4:42PM 1.52		6:34AM 1.42	4:47PM 1.45		7:15AM 1.40		9:03PM 1.87	10:13AM 1.76		6:21PM 1.39	8:09AM 1.27		7:04PM 1.29	8:26AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	9:44AM 1.05		9:40PM -0.08	9:54AM 1.09		10:38PM -0.11	11:09AM 1.03		11:58PM -0.07	11:37AM 0.93		12:09AM -0.04		3:01PM 0.82		3:42AM -0.04	4:02PM 0.58	1:20AM 0.11		1:31PM 0.73	1:42AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	5	8	15	7	10	9	8	9	11	9	13	10	8	10	11	8	7	8	15	7
Low °C	8	7	2	7	14	7	8	9	6	8	10	7	12	9	5	8	7	4	7	7	15	6
Chill °C (?)	6	4	1	5	13	5	8	7	8	6	9	7	12	8	6	9	9	4	2	6	14	6
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	4:39	-	-	5:49	-	-	4:40	-	-	5:24	-	-	4:42	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	0.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 ENE	0.1 E	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NE	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	-	0.9 NNE	2.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	2.5 WSW	0.2 E	1.9 NNW	1.8 W
Period (s)	6	5	7	8	8	8	8	11	8	12	-	7	8	7	4	6	6	9	10	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 NE	0.9 WSW	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 W	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	7	12	8	13	8	11	8	11	9	-	6	12	10	-	4	10	9	9	9	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	0.4 SW	1.1 NE	0.6 NNW	2.4 NNW	-	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.4 SW	1.2 NW	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	1.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 NE	-
Period (s)	6	4	6	4	9	-	8	7	-	7	6	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	10	9	5	-

	Friday 02						Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	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	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	4	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	1.3 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	2.4 W	1.7 W	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	7	12	12	6	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	8
Energy(?)	302	263	220	352	147	224	15	1097	341	145	121	363	507	619	534	257	309	225	338	216	568	659
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:55AM 1.38			2:06PM 1.46									3:26PM 1.51	6:29PM 2.03				6:12AM 1.30			4:03PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)							10:12PM -0.08				10:20AM 1.03					1:36AM -0.29			10:55AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	8	8	7	7	5	2	6	6	6	8	8	9	15	15	16	16	8	10	9	8	7
Chill °C (?)	5	7	6	5	7	1	-4	3	3	3	5	6	9	14	14	16	16	8	8	7	8	6
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 W	1.7 W	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	6	7	6	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.2 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.8 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	12	12	6	12	6	8	5	6	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	11	11	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.4 NNE	2.4 W	2.0 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	7	7	3	8	8	3	3	8	8	6	5	5	6	8	7	7	8	8

	Friday 02	Sat
	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	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	4	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 SSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	6	6	12	12	7	6	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	304	313	256	280	261	428	4	334	294	338	286	368	307	1654	1716	1229	1801	532	532	215	107	107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:57AM 1.34										2:38PM 1.36			5:58PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)							9:39AM 1.10	10:11AM 1.07												10:13PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	6	6	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	13	13	13	12	7	4	2	2	2
Chill °C (?)	4	4	3	3	5	6	6	3	3	5	6	5	4	10	10	10	9	3	-1	-5	-4	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.2 SSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	6	6	5	12	12	6	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	12	12	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	12	12	8	7	7	12	6	7	7	15	15	15	8	7	7	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	1.4 NE	-	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	-	6	-	6	6	7	7	7	6	9	9	9	9	7	7	5	6	6

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