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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	Thu	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08
	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	Hebara Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Torami Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Tainohama Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	3	3	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.4 W	0.9 SW	0.8 ENE	2.3 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 NW	1.1 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.1 S	2.5 WSW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	5	8	7	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	7	8	8	10	10	3	13	10	11	10
Energy(?)	358	236	98	174	129	853	480	43	81	91	278	130	140	45	88	4	4	5	3	1264	1911	735
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:50AM 1.38	2:44PM 1.46		5:38AM 1.28	3:37PM 1.52		6:11AM 1.38	4:28PM 1.54		7:49AM 1.83	5:17PM 1.52		7:25AM 1.40	5:32PM 1.50		7:41AM 1.29		9:47PM 1.77	10:40AM 1.74		10:34PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		9:31AM 1.04		10:13PM 0.02	10:14AM 0.98		10:57PM -0.20	10:45AM 1.03		11:21PM -0.06			12:23AM -0.08		12:09PM 0.87	12:26AM 0.08		1:29PM 0.84		4:10AM 0.32	4:48PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	6	5	4	7	15	16	10	9	8	10	11	8	12	9	10	10	12	8	6	14	15
Low °C	5	6	3	2	4	14	15	9	8	7	9	10	7	12	9	7	8	11	6	5	14	15
Chill °C (?)	7	5	0	0	4	13	15	9	7	8	7	9	6	10	8	9	10	10	4	0	12	14
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:49	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:24	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:44	-	-	5:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	1.7 NNW	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.8 NW	0.5 NE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 NNW	2.0 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	7	8	7	9	9	8	11	8	12	7	7	8	8	-	10	5	-	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.4 W	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	12	13	9	11	10	11	10	-	6	8	8	-	-	-	13	11	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.0 NE	1.4 W	0.9 NE	0.4 NW	2.3 NNW	0.5 ENE	-	0.8 SW	-	1.6 SW	1.2 NW	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 NW	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	6	5	5	3	9	4	-	8	-	7	6	-	-	8	-	-	3	6	5	-	5

	Thu		Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Bowls Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	2.0 W	1.0 ENE	2.1 W	1.9 W	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.0 NW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.3 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.2 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	12	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	4	7	7	7	8	12	8	8	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	312	569	358	675	519	259	239	208	162	207	51	227	153	129	200	94	202	649	480	400	309	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					4:59AM 1.23			2:15PM 1.46					5:38AM 1.43			2:49PM 1.54	3:25PM 1.40					8:21AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			9:20PM -0.06				9:44AM 1.05				11:26PM -0.07				10:19AM 1.04					1:25AM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	8	6	7	6	6	5	5	4	2	3	3	5	7	8	7	9	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	9	10	5	5	7	4	4	2	2	0	-2	-2	-1	2	5	6	7	6	14	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 NE	1.3 WSW	0.4 NE	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	7	12	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SW	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	12	7	12	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 NW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 NW	1.0 WSW	0.2 WNW	-	2.4 W	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	-	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	7	8	7	7	7	7	-	6	7	4	3	3	3	8	2	-	8	4	6	-	6

	Thursday 01	Friday 02
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Bowls Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	1.4 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	13	7	13	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	4	12	12	12	8	12	7	6	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	462	255	281	70	563	388	396	293	358	358	17	257	257	279	48	282	192	233	1409	1528	1529	1529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														4:55AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)							9:20PM -0.06															12:20PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	8	8	6	3	5	5	6	5	5	7	8	14	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	7	5	2	0	2	2	5	2	2	5	3	11	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	7	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	6	8	12	12	12	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	-	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	13	8	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	-	8	6	7	8	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.6 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 N	1.1 NE	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	7	-	-	5	8	8	4	5	5	5	3	6	7	6	9	9	9	9

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