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

	Fri	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kojima Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa
Rating	0	6	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SE	3.0 SSE	5.5 S	4.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSE	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	0.6 E	2.2 W	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	2.4 SSW	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	8	10	9	10	9	10	9	7	9	7	9	6	8	9	9	10	9	6	7	8	5
Energy(?)	14	1313	4971	3128	1127	1131	1037	527	259	139	17	121	376	47	51	51	81	85	323	351	1401	33
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:36AM 1.79			5:33AM 1.50		6:59PM 1.37	7:33AM 1.85		8:37PM 1.48	7:40AM 1.64		9:21PM 1.44	6:50AM 1.39		10:24PM 1.33	6:27AM 1.15		11:45PM 1.10	7:01AM 1.13		2:25AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	12:50AM 0.59			11:24PM 0.73		12:19PM 0.18	12:15AM 0.81		2:19PM 0.04	1:58AM 0.78		2:35PM 0.37	2:25AM 1.02		3:01PM 0.36	2:51AM 1.14		2:19PM 0.24	12:36AM 1.10		4:41PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	37	38	24	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	9	3	10
High °C	15	20	20	18	18	20	18	18	18	14	18	19	11	13	16	16	17	18	18	15	15	13
Low °C	14	19	19	17	17	19	17	17	17	13	16	18	9	10	16	15	16	16	17	14	15	12
Chill °C (?)	14	19	19	16	18	20	17	18	18	14	18	19	7	12	16	16	17	18	18	15	15	12
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 NNE	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.6 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	-	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	13	7	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	7	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	-	1.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.1 NE	0.4 S	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	9	10	8	9	10	6	7	9	9	8	7	7	12	11	-	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	3.0 SSE	5.5 S	4.5 S	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	2.1 SW	-	1.1 SSW	0.2 NNE	1.0 S	-	2.2 W	0.8 NW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	1.8 S	-	2.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	8	10	9	4	10	10	-	7	2	5	-	6	4	-	-	-	2	6	-	8	-

	Fri		Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Shida Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Torami Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	5	9	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SW	2.5 S	1.9 SSW	2.5 S	1.7 SSW	2.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	10	4	6	6	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	62	50	14	87	18	29	96	5023	4021	8294	3504	3036	1222	3968	1424	1136	1522	872	1205	582	1180	546
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:56PM 1.80			5:14AM 1.50					7:14PM 1.69								6:30PM 1.09			5:59AM 1.36	6:28AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			11:30PM 0.64				11:50AM 0.19	1:07PM -0.01				1:12AM 0.72				1:31PM 0.23			11:47PM 0.82	12:07AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	14	15	14	14	15	20	18	18	18	17	14	17	18	19	18	17	16	15	15	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	12	14	13	12	13	20	17	18	18	17	14	17	18	19	18	17	16	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-
Sunset	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.5 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 S	1.2 SE	1.6 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	7	7	6	10	6	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSE	-	1.8 SW	0.1 E	1.0 ESE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	11	10	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	11	15	9	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	1.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 SW	0.5 NW	1.7 SSW	2.5 S	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	-
Period (s)	6	3	3	6	4	6	6	10	10	11	-	-	-	11	3	9	9	9	8	8	9	-

	Friday 03	Saturday 04
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Shida Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Torami Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	5	9	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	7	10	7	7	11	13	13	13	10	10	5	6	10	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	44	54	21	125	19	19	14	40	40	29	62	60	150	49	61	300	221	231	409	442	491	451
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	on	off	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			5:48PM 1.48													6:36AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)										12:32AM 0.40											11:42AM 0.08	12:11PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	19	19	17	17	17	17	15	16	17	16	16	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	15	15	14	14	12	18	18	16	16	16	16	13	15	16	14	14	15	16	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	10	7	7	7	8	8	13	10	10	13	6	4	-	10	10	10	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.5 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NE
Period (s)	7	13	8	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	13	13	-	7	10	-	15	15	10	10	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	6	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	3	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

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