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

	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	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	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ada Okinawa	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	4	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	6	5	4	4	4	9	9	4	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.7 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 NNW	5.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	1.7 SE	4.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 E
Period(s)	8	10	10	11	11	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	15	14	15	11	12	13	9	12	10	8
Energy	1043	70	82	302	248	1080	2202	1070	1359	4340	1456	5169	3794	2146	2487	1408	10498	16535	1023	7799	1177	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 1.61			4:49PM 1.29	7:25PM 1.75	6:30AM 1.92		6:46PM 1.97	5:58AM 1.95		7:38PM 1.80	6:06AM 1.68		7:27PM 1.56	7:21AM 1.81		8:29PM 1.59	7:08AM 1.63		8:06PM 1.26	6:03AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	9:27AM 0.17		10:52PM 0.93	9:55AM 0.09		12:50AM 0.96		12:10PM 0.03	12:09AM 1.03			12:59AM 1.02		12:11PM -0.08	12:31AM 1.04		1:53PM 0.05	1:43AM 1.02		12:58PM 0.08	1:01AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	21	14	-	8	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	26	24	23	23	23	26	25	23	22	22	23	22	22	21	25	28	23	28	24	23	23
Low °C	25	24	21	22	22	23	25	24	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	25	25	21	26	23	22	23
Chill °C (?)	25	26	24	23	23	23	26	25	23	22	22	23	22	22	21	25	28	23	28	24	23	23
Sunrise	4:26	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:33	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:26
Sunset	-	7:05	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.7 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 NNW	3.0 ESE	4.0 SSW	1.7 SE	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	6	10	11	11	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	15	14	15	11	11	13	9	12	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.3 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 SE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	9	7	5	6	6	6	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	12	10	10	9	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.7 NE	-	0.8 E	0.7 SSE	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE	0.5 ENE	-	1.7 ESE	-	2.4 SE	-	-	-	1.6 W	5.0 SSW	5.5 SSW	-	4.5 SW	-	1.5 E
Period (s)	8	4	-	5	6	3	4	3	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	8	12	13	-	12	-	8

	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 ESE	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s)	7	9	7	8	7	10	10	10	10	6	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	13	13	14	15	13
Energy	289	264	676	1043	526	70	63	83	82	202	227	302	242	248	237	820	1080	1303	1645	2202	3429	1070
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		1:47AM 1.39					5:48PM 1.73			2:39AM 1.48					4:38PM 1.34	7:25PM 1.75				6:30AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)					9:17AM 0.22				10:52PM 0.93				9:56AM 0.06					12:50AM 0.96				12:10PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	22	25	25	26	25	24	22	20	21	22	22	23	22	23	23	23	23	25	26	25
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	25	25	26	25	24	22	20	21	22	22	23	22	23	23	23	23	25	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	7	9	9	8	10	6	10	10	10	7	6	11	11	11	10	13	13	13	13	14	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 E	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	-	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	16	7	9	11	7	6	6	5	6	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	17	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	-	-	1.2 E	-	0.8 E	-	0.7 SSE	-	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	1.2 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	7	4	2	-	-	6	-	5	-	6	-	3	3	4	4	4	5	3

	Thu		Friday 29
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ESE	2.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	9	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	10	7	10	10	10
Energy	95	274	289	307	276	264	230	237	676	679	969	1043	1018	987	526	526	794	70	622	53	63	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					1:47AM 1.39																5:48PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)													9:09AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	25	25	25	25	26	24	26	23	26	25	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	25	25	25	25	26	24	26	23	26	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.6 SW	0.4 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	7	6	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	16	16	16	11	7	7	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	7	9	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 NE	2.0 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	4	7	4	2	2

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