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

	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	2	1	2	1	1	5	4	4	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.0 SSE	1.1 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 S	1.0 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.2 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	13	10	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	6	8	8
Energy(?)	1941	875	200	169	31	33	718	1771	1066	217	1169	872	373	478	406	265	95	209	85	168	101	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:57PM 1.41		4:39AM 1.42	5:48PM 1.35		4:44AM 1.48		6:12PM 1.34	5:03AM 1.48		7:37PM 1.32	5:24AM 1.47		9:01PM 1.67	5:45AM 1.44		9:12PM 1.20	6:35AM 1.40		10:18PM 1.27	8:26AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	10:38AM 0.33		10:48PM 0.55	11:06AM 0.24		11:28PM 0.41	11:21AM 0.19		11:54PM 0.50	11:51AM 0.18		12:47AM 0.78		2:01PM 0.28	2:21AM 0.89		1:07PM 0.27	2:11AM 0.88		3:37PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	17	40	7	-	-	-	1	30	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	15	17	15	20	19	18	20	19	18	19	17	14	18	21	16	15	12	12	14
Low °C	12	11	10	15	17	13	19	18	16	17	18	16	19	16	14	17	19	10	14	12	10	13
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	14	17	15	19	18	16	20	19	18	19	17	13	18	21	16	14	11	10	14
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.0 SSE	1.2 NW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 E	-	0.4 NE	1.0 SSE	2.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SE	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	8	7	8	7	10	-	10	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.6 SW	1.0 SSE	0.1 NE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	13	10	13	-	-	9	9	8	10	8	8	9	7	9	6	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.1 NNE	-	1.6 NW	-	-	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 S	-	-	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.3 NW	1.2 ENE	-	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	-	8	-	-	7	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	5	6	6	-	7

	Thursday 02						Friday 03								Saturday 04
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Malibu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	5	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	0.6 NE	1.2 NNE	0.6 NE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 NE	1.6 S	0.6 ESE	1.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	7	8	8	9	13	13	10	6	10	4	9	9	10
Energy(?)	2197	1941	2703	747	259	645	200	231	216	116	135	218	131	52	45	92	262	81	42	3119	1259	5548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:22AM 1.39				5:12PM 1.35				4:56AM 1.30				5:18PM 1.44	6:56PM 1.80			4:50AM 1.43					7:30PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			10:38AM 0.33				10:32PM 0.55				10:52AM 0.25	12:01PM 0.26							11:50AM 0.19	1:25PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	13	14	16	15	14	16	16	16	15	16	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	10	12	10	10	8	9	12	13	16	14	13	16	15	15	14	15	18	20	18
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	0.6 NE	1.2 NNE	0.6 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	7	8	8	9	7	8	10	10	10	11	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 NE	0.8 SW	0.6 SSE	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	8	14	8	8	9	7	8	7	8	10	13	13	10	10	7	11	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.6 S	0.4 S	1.0 S	3.5 S	-	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	10	8	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	6	4	6	6	3	4	9	-	10

	Thursday 02	Fri
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Malibu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	5	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.1 S	2.1 S	0.9 SE	1.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	7	9	8	7	9	9	13	9	7	7	7
Energy(?)	769	1215	553	576	272	1557	761	2995	2061	792	945	89	794	96	63	472	424	14	118	19	25	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)								10:46AM 0.19														12:20AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	13	11	13	13	12	13	11	12	15	12	17	18	11	11	13	12	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	12	8	11	11	10	12	10	11	12	10	17	18	10	10	11	12	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.4 S	0.4 NE	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	2.1 S	2.1 S	0.9 SE	1.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	8	6	9	9	6	9	9	7	9	8	7	9	9	9	9	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.6 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	14	6	6	6	14	14	6	6	14	7	7	13	8	7	7	8	8	13	8	3	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	0.3 N	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.1 NNE	3.5 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.9 WNW	0.4 N	-	0.5 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	3	9	9	10	10	10	8	9	8	5	5	8	8	6	3	-	4	3

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