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

	Tue	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Nagahama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	1	0	2	1	3	3	5	1	3	4	2	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.3 SE	1.2 E	2.3 ESE	2.5 SE	1.2 NNW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.5 ESE	1.2 SSW	3.0 S	-	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SE
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	11	5	7	7	7	10	10	10	9	11	9	5	8	-	9	8	8	10
Energy	274	200	25	40	26	74	501	638	131	3301	2471	616	92	45	49	63	1229	0	534	1182	482	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:01AM 1.57	4:44PM 1.56	2:40AM 1.17		4:21PM 1.29		3:34AM 1.37	5:12PM 1.30		4:05AM 1.48	5:43PM 1.43		4:22AM 1.40		7:19PM 1.69	6:27AM 1.73		7:55PM 1.66	6:53AM 1.69		8:33PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	10:27PM 0.63	10:16AM 0.38		8:47PM 0.50	9:35AM 0.30		9:56PM 0.58	10:19AM 0.05		10:32PM 0.79	10:55AM 0.14		11:00PM 0.84	11:19AM -0.03	1:31PM 0.11	12:47AM 0.89		1:11PM 0.20	1:19AM 0.93		1:44PM 0.26	1:49AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	9	9	8	48	-	3	-	-	-	-	21	23	27	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	19	16	13	15	17	20	20	17	18	19	18	19	22	16	19	10	16	15	14	15
Low °C	18	18	17	14	13	15	16	17	20	14	17	18	17	18	22	14	17	10	13	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	14	12	15	17	19	20	16	18	19	18	19	22	15	18	8	15	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	4:52	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.3 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	3.0 NE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	9	6	6	11	13	13	13	9	10	9	10	9	6	9	10	9	8	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.3 E	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	-	8	6	-	-	8	6	12	11	9	7	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	-	1.5 ENE	0.5 NE	1.2 E	2.3 ESE	2.5 SE	1.2 NNW	4.0 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 S	1.2 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 NE	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	6	6	-	6	3	5	7	7	7	10	10	-	-	-	6	5	8	9	9	8	8	4

	Tue		Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Choshi Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 E	0.8 NNW	1.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.4 SE
Period(s)	12	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	8	6	7	7	7	7	8	8
Energy	69	43	268	379	522	430	307	99	243	27	13	9	6	202	81	107	367	436	501	624	1079	521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:26PM 1.67			2:20AM 1.11					3:51PM 1.23				3:22AM 1.43				5:36PM 1.75				5:13AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			9:55PM 0.56				9:19AM 0.32				9:30PM 0.67								11:25PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	2	15	4	4	1	2	3	2	4
Temp. °C	21	18	19	18	18	19	18	18	18	15	13	13	13	13	22	14	15	16	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	21	18	19	18	18	19	18	18	17	13	11	11	11	11	22	14	15	16	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-
Sunset	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 E	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	2.3 ESE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	4	12	6	7	7	7	6	9	6	6	6	6	5	6	8	14	13	13	13	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 NE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	1.3 E
Period (s)	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	4	7	12	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.6 E	1.1 SW	1.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 E	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	4	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	3	3	3	3	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	3

	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Choshi Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	8	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	42	21	43	122	160	222	242	205	66	116	190	217	206	265	19	35	43	35	34	30	30	22
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)												3:00AM 1.40			5:12AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)						8:42PM 0.49														10:42AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	20	18	18	20	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	22	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	20	18	18	20	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	-	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	-	6	6	6	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	11	6	11	-	-	-	11	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	-	0.3 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	-	3	-	3	3	3	-	-

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