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 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Buma Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	1	1	1	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NNE	3.0 N	2.1 N	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.1 S	1.3 NE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	9	12	12	12	8	13	13	7	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	6	11	9
Energy(?)	955	1585	813	406	939	1874	2006	30	80	90	1101	759	643	425	368	664	219	191	2	323	175	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:27AM 1.35	4:42PM 1.49	6:49PM 2.07	7:16AM 2.02		8:35PM 1.86	8:36AM 1.93		9:07PM 1.77	9:11AM 1.84		7:45PM 1.30	6:10AM 0.23		7:15PM 1.03	6:25AM 1.28		9:08PM 1.07	6:45AM 1.25		10:15PM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)	12:38AM -0.01	11:15AM 0.39		1:06AM 0.29		1:24PM 0.27	2:44AM 0.21		3:02PM 0.17		3:08AM 0.33	3:33PM 0.19	1:22AM 0.61	11:27AM 0.16	12:50PM 0.21	12:32AM 0.60		1:26PM 0.24	1:55AM 0.78		3:13PM 0.35	2:01AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	2
High °C	14	19	20	4	10	12	13	19	17	10	14	15	9	9	9	12	10	9	10	8	10	11
Low °C	10	18	19	3	7	12	12	14	12	7	13	11	5	6	9	11	7	8	3	4	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	18	20	2	7	10	13	18	16	8	11	13	6	8	7	9	9	8	9	4	8	9
Sunrise	-	6:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	-	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	12	12	12	8	13	5	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	-	6	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.5 SE	1.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	1.2 S	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 NE	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	14	14	-	8	8	8	5	8	13	-	9	8	6	7	8	6	4	-	11	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NNE	3.0 N	2.1 N	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	2.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NNE	-	1.2 WNW	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	-	1.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	8	10	10	-	3	-	-	-	5	3	7	3	5	4	-	7	4	6	-	6	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NNE	2.3 ESE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.5 NE	2.4 N	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	3.0 NE	1.3 NE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 NE	2.3 ENE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	14	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	8	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	944	1618	1264	1365	1094	1056	1902	766	699	481	476	286	2874	266	1265	1245	1422	1697	2006	1611	2286	2439
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						6:57AM 1.81				8:01PM 1.91							5:17PM 1.28					6:48AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			10:34PM 0.21	12:36AM 0.20				1:44PM 0.47				2:17AM 0.11			11:12AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	12	12	11	11	11	20	19	19	18	18	18	11	5	10	13	12	11	12	9	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	11	12	9	9	10	20	18	18	17	17	17	8	5	7	12	10	10	12	7	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	2.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 NE	1.2 NE	2.4 N	2.1 N	0.5 E	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 N	3.0 NE	1.3 NE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 NE	2.3 ENE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE
Period (s)	8	7	14	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	8	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	2.5 WNW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.2 WNW	0.4 SE	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	7	14	-	9	9	9	9	9	12	13	12	11	9	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NNE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.5 NE	2.0 N	0.7 ENE	2.0 N	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 E	-	-	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	-	4.0 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	6	9	4	9	4	-	-	4	3	-	12	-	-	-	7

	Tuesday 03								Wednesday 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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNE	1.6 NE	3.0 E	2.4 NNE	2.5 NE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNW	3.5 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	2.2 NE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 NE	1.2 SSE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	7	14	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	9	14	14	14	13	14	10	14	14
Energy(?)	873	2129	1791	1227	1044	1282	1986	2182	2062	2048	1861	1816	3237	537	1562	1451	1525	1511	2418	620	2114	2114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	on	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	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:33PM 1.43		6:12PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)											1:49AM 0.03									10:39AM 0.44	11:52AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	11	11	16	15	14	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	1	7	6	6	7	12	8	13	13
Chill °C (?)	19	8	7	15	13	12	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	-2	1	-1	-1	1	8	2	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.1 SE	1.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	3.0 SSE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.2 NE	1.2 SSE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	8	14	14	7	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	13	14	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SE	0.5 W	1.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	2.2 NE	-	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	7	14	7	8	9	9	10	16	9	9	15	15	14	-	8	8	10	10	8	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.4 NNE	2.5 NE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNW	3.5 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	-	1.0 N	1.4 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NE	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	7	6	6	7	7	8	13	8	8

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