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 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	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	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	3	3	4	1	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	4	4	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 SW	2.1 W	0.8 ENE	2.2 NNW	0.1 SE	1.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 N	1.6 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	5	8	7	9	8	8	4	7	9	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	189	452	68	379	209	483	46	240	190	2	603	134	1331	6	151	39	841	1315	466	374	186	27
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:03PM 1.83		4:57AM 1.52	12:50PM 1.35		4:09AM 1.16	1:49PM 1.31		4:59AM 1.23	2:31PM 1.40		5:38AM 1.28	3:25PM 1.40		7:17AM 1.97		6:16PM 2.05	6:34AM 1.42	5:17PM 1.52		7:13AM 1.30	5:35PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		10:12PM 0.25	10:20AM 0.87		8:27PM 0.09	8:25AM 0.97		9:30PM 0.12	9:28AM 0.99		10:13PM 0.02	10:14AM 0.98		12:30AM -0.28		12:51PM 0.86	1:09AM -0.09	11:37AM 0.93		12:23AM -0.08		12:09PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	15	13	11	12	11	7	8	7	6	0	7	7	14	7	16	10	9	8	17	17	18	11
Low °C	13	9	9	11	8	7	7	5	5	-1	6	4	14	5	15	7	7	6	17	16	18	10
Chill °C (?)	14	11	10	11	9	4	6	5	5	-5	1	3	12	6	16	7	4	8	17	17	18	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	4:35	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:46	-	-	4:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	1.4 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 NNE	2.1 W	0.8 ENE	2.2 NNW	0.1 SW	1.0 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	3.0 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.6 NNW	1.1 NNW	-
Period (s)	15	14	7	13	7	7	8	12	5	8	8	7	9	5	8	9	10	9	9	9	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 SW	0.3 E	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	11	13	5	11	14	13	7	12	5	12	12	13	8	9	-	11	11	11	8	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	2.0 NNE	1.4 NE	-	1.4 WSW	1.1 NE	0.5 NW	0.7 N	0.4 NW	1.8 NNW	-	-	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 NNW	1.8 N	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	7	-	7	7	7	-	7	6	4	4	3	9	-	-	4	7	6	8	-	-	8

	Tuesday 30				Wednesday 31								Thursday 01								Fri
	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	Steps Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 NNE	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 WSW	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	13	12	7	12
Energy(?)	250	200	499	238	246	271	221	974	1007	505	644	533	1043	313	87	172	200	668	303	282	240	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:12PM 1.66				3:02AM 1.08			12:55PM 1.33					4:56AM 1.78			1:42PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)				7:29PM 0.28				7:22AM 0.92				8:42PM 0.24					10:20AM 1.11				9:30PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	19	19	19	12	11	11	9	10	11	12	11	10	10	10	6	8	10	7	7	7	6	5
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	11	10	10	7	9	10	12	10	9	9	8	4	5	8	4	5	5	3	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.4 NE	1.3 SW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.7 WSW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	8	8	14	7	14	13	7	7	7	12	12	8	7	7	9	8	8	8	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	13	13	11	14	11	11	13	13	12	-	6	12	9	9	11	11	13	13	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	-	1.7 SE	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.2 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	-	-	1.4 WSW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	-	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	-	-	7	5

	Tuesday 30	Wednesday 31
	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	Steps Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.3 E	0.8 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 WSW	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	12	6	12	12	7	6	6	7	13
Energy(?)	221	250	250	217	203	249	249	274	285	122	434	539	484	30	74	33	53	152	137	134	221	120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											7:47PM 0.38											6:50AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	15	15	16	15	15	14	13	14	13	13	14	12	13	13	10	10	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	13	14	15	14	14	12	13	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	9	9	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	7	6	6	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	13	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	-

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