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 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07
	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	Chikura Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Hebara Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	3	2	3	4	2	1	1	1	0	4	5	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SSE	1.2 SW	2.2 S	1.7 S	0.9 SW	0.8 NE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	2.3 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 S	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	13	11	7	8	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	9	8
Energy(?)	5445	1391	547	317	728	1050	284	171	44	15	542	1483	1463	921	858	644	440	226	128	457	98	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:33AM 1.78	5:48PM 1.83		4:07AM 1.45	4:53PM 1.36		5:47AM 1.54		6:45PM 1.65	5:01AM 1.40		6:10PM 1.35	6:03AM 1.53		6:55PM 1.25	5:41AM 1.47		7:13PM 1.28	6:15AM 1.29		8:17PM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)	11:20PM 0.39	11:38AM 0.42		10:02PM 0.48	10:23AM 0.35		11:28PM 0.38		12:09PM 0.13	12:31AM 0.51	11:32AM 0.06	1:07PM -0.01	11:36PM 0.72		12:13PM 0.03	12:15AM 0.65		12:42PM 0.04	12:09AM 0.89		1:17PM 0.10	1:05AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	4	37	1	1	-	-	-	-	33	39	1	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	14	12	11	10	11	14	17	15	19	19	18	18	19	17	18	17	15	19	18	14
Low °C	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	12	15	14	18	18	15	17	18	15	17	14	13	16	17	10
Chill °C (?)	18	13	12	9	7	9	11	14	17	14	18	18	17	18	19	16	18	17	14	19	18	12
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	2.4 SW	1.6 SSE	1.2 SW	2.2 S	1.7 S	0.9 SW	0.8 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	10	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	7	6	12	-	10	9	9	8	8	8	6	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSE	0.3 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	8	10	7	6	8	7	8	13	11	11	-	-	10	15	9	14	10	8	13	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 SW	1.1 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.5 NE	0.8 NNW	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	2.3 SSE	3.5 SSE	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	11	6	4	4	4	8	-	-	-	4	7	8	-	-	-	9	8	7	7	8	-	5

	Tue		Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Friday 03
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	10	11	10	9	9	7	8	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	5324	3836	1065	4234	1062	1657	1091	698	506	224	304	146	314	1018	1619	1954	582	615	214	434	164	145
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:07PM 1.74				3:49AM 1.42				5:19PM 1.51				4:22AM 1.39				4:46PM 1.54				4:51AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)			11:26PM 0.34				10:39AM 0.41				10:20PM 0.31				10:45AM 0.17				10:32PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	8	13	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	15	18	16	17	16	13	13	13	14	12	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	9	12
Chill °C (?)	20	18	15	18	16	17	16	13	11	13	14	11	11	12	9	11	10	11	10	8	7	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-
Sunset	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	2.4 S	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 S	1.6 SSE	0.7 NE	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	11	10	9	9	7	8	8	7	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.1 SE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SW	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.9 NE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	17	16	16	10	9	8	8	15	8	8	5	6	6	7	4	8	13	9	7	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	-	1.2 NE	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	3	9	9	9	3	9	-	8	3	-

	Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Katagai Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSE	4.0 S	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.1 SSE	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	7	10	11	11	11	10	8	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	2737	6603	2387	1387	2864	6855	6371	10343	4337	1953	2297	178	4850	6143	1984	1923	1118	1043	730	824	702	658
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			5:10PM 1.78											4:37AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)								10:52PM 0.25											9:54AM 0.47	10:17AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	20	18	19	19	19	18	17	13	18	16	17	14	15	15	15	16	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	22	21	20	16	18	18	18	17	15	10	17	16	16	13	14	14	14	15	13	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.1 SSE	3.0 S	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	17	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	7	10	11	11	11	10	8	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.3 SW	0.2 E	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	6	10	16	9	9	9	11	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	4.5 SSW	-	3.0 SSE	4.0 S	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW	-	1.0 WNW	2.2 SW	1.1 NNE	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	9	10	11	11	11	-	4	11	6	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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