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

	Wed		Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	4	3	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	3.0 SE	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	0.7 NE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	3.0 S	1.9 SW	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	11	10	12	10	9	10	10	9	10	11	11	9	5	5	6	8	10	7	7
Energy(?)	778	817	2038	1476	682	224	432	669	568	451	328	283	186	116	37	49	52	101	1331	1086	103	292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:48PM 1.28	9:55AM 1.48		2:52AM 1.38		12:06PM 1.38		3:52AM 1.68	1:54PM 1.23		4:28AM 1.78	3:51PM 1.69		3:34AM 1.29	4:16PM 1.69		6:09AM 1.74	5:00PM 1.83		5:29AM 1.86	4:00PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	4:40PM 0.34		4:22AM 1.22		6:29PM 0.40	7:43AM 1.27		8:12PM 0.49	9:37AM 1.16		8:55PM 0.32	10:20AM 0.96		8:39PM 0.23	9:10AM 0.76		11:02PM 0.39			9:52PM 0.40	11:33AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	11	9	42	32	3	-	17	10
High °C	16	12	13	17	17	20	17	12	14	15	15	16	19	16	15	16	15	14	14	12	15	15
Low °C	16	12	13	17	14	19	17	12	13	15	14	16	18	15	15	14	14	14	13	11	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	10	11	17	17	20	17	11	13	14	14	15	19	16	15	16	13	13	11	9	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:30	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:29	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	3.0 SE	2.5 ENE	1.8 E	0.7 NE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.4 SSE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	1.9 SW	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	11	10	12	10	9	10	10	9	10	11	11	4	8	8	10	10	10	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 W	1.0 NNE	0.5 ESE	0.3 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.2 E	1.7 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	6	6	8	4	13	12	11	10	10	8	12	9	-	18	11	9	8	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 N	2.0 ENE	1.1 NNE	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	3.0 S	1.0 N	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	4	8	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	5	5	6	8	5	7	7

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	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 SE	1.7 E	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 NE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	0.9 NE	1.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	10	9	10	9
Energy(?)	1068	785	291	575	636	1003	1392	1140	2046	1398	1258	1142	1140	1517	1039	515	698	222	369	621	312	605
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:25AM 1.58					12:22AM 1.35			10:16AM 1.59									1:10PM 1.49				2:46AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)			4:37PM 0.41				4:23AM 1.23				5:50PM 0.37	6:32PM 0.57				7:36AM 1.23				6:27PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	14	12	14	12	12	14	16	14	15	16	16	11	12	15	17	20	17	12	15	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	12	10	13	10	10	13	16	12	14	16	16	8	10	15	17	20	16	11	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	2.0 E	-	2.1 SE	1.7 E	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	0.9 NE	1.4 E	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	8	9	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	10	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.2 S	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 NNE	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 ENE	-	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	6	6	12	11	5	12	8	-	12	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 ESE	0.7 N	1.9 NNE	0.4 NNW	-	-	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	4	7	4	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25	Thursday 26
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	1.4 SE	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 E	1.6 NE	0.5 ESE	1.5 E	2.2 SE	1.4 E	2.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	-	5	8	6	6	6	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	7	8	8	7	8	7
Energy(?)	1639	1068	0	115	1713	184	184	181	364	558	626	377	377	352	333	356	353	66	263	532	283	600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:25AM 1.58															12:25AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)								4:37PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	3	1	-	1	1	1	1	3	3	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	16	16	13	13	16	13	13	13	16	13	12	16	15	13	13	14	14	18	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	11	12	14	12	12	12	14	10	9	16	14	11	10	13	13	17	12	9	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SE	2.5 ESE	-	-	2.5 ESE	-	-	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	-	0.1 S	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.4 E	0.4 NE	1.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.5 E	0.4 NE	1.4 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	6	8	-	13	8	8	9	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.3 S	-	-	1.4 S	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	8	9	13	8	7	8	-	13	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ESE	-	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	2.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 NE	1.0 NNE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	1.5 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SE	1.9 NNE	1.6 NE	1.2 NW	1.5 NNE	2.2 SE	1.4 NNE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	8	-	5	5	8	6	6	4	5	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7

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