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

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Yona Bay Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	6	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 NNW	1.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.4 E	0.7 NE	2.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	1.5 NNE
Period(s) (?)	16	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	7	7	8	8	11	7	7	10	8
Energy(?)	1420	1353	1122	1265	904	833	555	665	311	560	479	664	261	60	224	618	353	152	611	340	1264	497
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:55PM 1.69		6:34AM 1.70			4:49AM 1.35	4:52PM 1.43	7:25PM 1.98	6:48AM 2.08		8:05PM 1.97	8:07AM 1.94		6:05PM 1.46	6:38AM 1.52		7:48PM 1.42	6:25AM 1.39		9:33PM 1.55	8:41AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	9:48AM 0.54	12:01PM 0.49	11:38PM 0.26		12:31PM 0.32	10:50PM 0.22	10:47AM 0.24		1:34AM 0.30		1:04PM 0.10	2:06AM 0.41		2:26PM 0.15	11:43PM 0.63		1:33PM 0.16	1:16AM 0.70		2:53PM 0.21	2:55AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	7	-	-	-	4	2	-	4	2	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-
High °C	18	11	15	19	13	14	17	19	20	11	11	10	17	17	19	20	21	16	16	13	12	16
Low °C	17	10	15	18	13	11	15	18	19	10	11	6	17	17	18	19	21	16	14	12	11	16
Chill °C (?)	18	10	15	19	12	12	16	19	20	9	9	7	16	16	19	20	21	14	16	10	12	16
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 NNW	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 SW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.2 ENE	1.9 E	1.4 E	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.3 SSE	2.0 S	1.5 NNE
Period (s)	16	13	14	14	13	14	13	14	6	13	13	8	7	7	7	8	8	11	11	7	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	0.4 NE	0.8 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 SSE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	5	11	-	-	-	6	-	6	13	7	7	14	13	-	13	14	14	4	-	14	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 NNE	1.1 NE	1.7 ENE	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 SE	2.4 SSE	1.5 ESE	0.7 NNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	5	-	7	7	3	6	7	6	6	5	-	-	3	4	7	6	4	8

	Tuesday 17						Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	16	14	16	15	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1864	1420	1441	1239	1111	1235	1223	1111	1415	841	451	1172	1139	1023	1101	891	590	1649	1277	665	543	698
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:09AM 1.25	6:11AM 1.61			5:55PM 1.69									6:45PM 1.93			5:38AM 1.51					6:33PM 2.11
Low Tide / height (m)			11:28AM 0.72	12:01PM 0.49			10:03PM 0.10					12:43PM 0.50			10:14PM 0.30				10:47AM 0.24	12:26PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	9	4	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	17	15	18	18	11	11	11	17	15	16	20	20	20	13	11	11	15	13	19	17	15
Chill °C (?)	8	17	15	18	18	11	11	11	17	15	16	20	20	20	11	11	11	14	11	19	17	14
Sunrise	5:48	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 E	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	16	14	16	15	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	6	7	8	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 N	-	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	0.8 SE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	5	-	6	6	11	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	14	14	14	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	-	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	-	7	4	6

	Tuesday 17	Wed
	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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.9 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	16	14	16	16	13	13	13	16	14	13	15	15	15	13	13	12	13	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1897	1600	1752	1420	1420	1707	1707	1542	2325	1284	694	2246	2011	1959	1047	927	346	677	1235	1139	947	1106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:35AM 1.92	6:11AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)							9:48AM 0.54														11:51PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	17	13	17	17	10	11	11	17	15	15	18	18	18	11	11	12	10	11	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	8	17	12	17	17	9	10	10	17	15	15	18	18	18	9	10	12	10	11	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 E	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.9 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	13	16	14	16	16	13	13	13	16	14	13	15	15	15	13	13	12	13	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 N	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	5	-	5	5	11	11	11	-	-	-	5	6	6	11	6	6	6	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	4	-	-	-

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