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

	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Castles Okinawa
Rating	2	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	0.5 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 NE	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 E	0.9 NE
Period(s)	7	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	8	9	6	8	8	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	6
Energy	252	87	1119	906	1218	1760	3838	1365	1484	328	274	257	279	108	209	200	527	424	233	143	93	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:37PM 1.23	7:55AM 1.16		11:22PM 1.53	9:00AM 1.09		11:22PM 1.26	10:27AM 1.05		11:29PM 1.29		2:44PM 1.45	1:24AM 1.35		3:51PM 1.57	1:58AM 1.46		4:04PM 1.62	1:08AM 1.45	4:28AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)		2:23PM 0.40	2:56AM 0.88		4:31PM 0.56		3:59AM 0.83	4:22PM 0.50		5:00AM 0.71	4:33PM 0.63		6:15AM 0.61		7:19PM 0.81	7:55AM 0.43		8:21PM 0.95	9:00AM 0.24		7:39PM 0.98	11:26AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	3	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	18	22	27	21	21	23	22	21	21	21	21	23	20	21	23	20	22	25	21	25
Low °C	22	20	18	20	25	19	21	22	19	21	20	20	20	21	19	20	22	20	21	24	20	25
Chill °C (?)	22	20	18	22	27	21	21	23	22	21	21	21	21	23	20	21	23	20	22	25	21	25
Sunrise	4:54	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE	2.4 S	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	7	12	12	11	10	8	8	11	8	9	6	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 E	2.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 S	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.9 NE
Period (s)	11	8	7	7	8	10	10	8	10	9	9	6	8	9	5	6	8	6	6	6	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.9 N	3.5 SW	-	2.3 SW	-	1.4 ENE	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.2 NNE	-	-	2.5 NE	1.3 SW	-	-	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	8	-	6	8	8	3	-	-	7	8	-	-	5	-

	Saturday 06						Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Uraga Point Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.5 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSW	4.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	8	7	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	11	10	9
Energy	253	252	235	87	1250	1274	1119	1091	972	906	2450	1218	2159	6598	1760	1011	1433	3838	1580	1365	1013	805
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:37AM 1.51					9:37PM 1.23			7:55AM 1.16	10:28AM 1.55				11:22PM 1.53			9:00AM 1.09	9:29AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)	3:30AM 1.05			2:23PM 0.40				2:56AM 0.88					4:37PM 0.50				5:04AM 0.93				3:49PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	22	20	19	18	18	18	18	20	25	27	26	22	20	19	20	21	21	23	23	22
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	20	19	18	18	18	18	20	25	27	26	22	20	19	20	21	21	23	23	22
Sunrise	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SE	1.9 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	10	9	10	8	10	9	8	10	11	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	2.5 SE	2.2 SSW	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.1 SW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	7	11	11	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	8	7	10	8	8	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	2.5 SSW	4.5 S	0.9 N	-	1.4 ENE	3.5 SW	-	-	1.7 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	10	4	-	6	10	-	-	10	9

	Saturday 06	Sun
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kuminatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.1 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	8	7	7	11	6	6	6	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	280	258	253	271	265	6	247	241	235	209	202	87	87	88	1250	1137	1274	1274	1148	1107	1119	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																			9:37PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	3:30AM 1.05											2:23PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	21	22	17	22	22	22	23	23	20	20	21	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	21	22	16	22	22	22	23	23	20	20	21	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	13	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.3 NE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	3	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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