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

	Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Mon
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Hayama Cliffs Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hebara Chiba
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	4	4	3	4	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 S	0.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 SW	1.5 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.6 SW	1.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.4 ESE	2.1 SE	2.0 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	3	8	8	8	10	10	8	5	8	8	8	8	10	7	8	10	9	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	5	10	921	1031	1350	1090	1112	507	82	120	399	331	213	74	377	733	2638	4370	1171	861	257	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:23PM 1.30		4:03AM 1.41	4:27PM 1.38		4:20AM 1.45	4:34PM 1.47		5:53AM 1.90		6:42PM 1.83	6:15AM 1.80			4:57AM 1.43		6:11PM 1.43	6:26AM 1.53		6:55PM 1.25	5:48AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			9:10PM 0.36	9:57AM 0.60		10:07PM 0.41	10:25AM 0.45		11:49PM 0.25		5:30PM 0.28	12:38AM 0.39		12:24PM 0.07	11:25PM 0.54	11:36AM 0.19		11:53PM 0.52		1:06PM 0.09	12:15AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	51	-	17	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	25	1	8	36	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	22	21	18	18	16	13	14	13	10	10	13	14	16	16	19	17	20	19	13	17
Low °C	13	17	20	18	17	15	15	13	12	12	10	9	11	13	13	14	19	15	19	17	12	16
Chill °C (?)	14	17	22	21	16	17	16	11	14	11	7	8	12	14	15	16	19	15	20	18	10	17
Sunrise	5:31	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.9 SSE	-	2.3 S	2.2 SW	1.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 S	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	2.0 SSE	-	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	4	12	11	10	-	10	10	8	7	8	7	8	8	7	13	8	-	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 E	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	1.2 SSE	0.8 SW	0.5 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	1.5 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	12	7	-	11	-	-	8	10	5	8	8	7	7	8	13	7	-	14	8	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	-	1.4 WNW	1.3 E	0.9 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.5 NE	-	-	-	2.1 SE	1.9 NE	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	1.6 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	8	8	8	-	6	5	5	6	8	-	-	-	7	6	10	9	-	7	-	-

	Monday 30						Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Malibu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Hayama Cliffs Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	4	1	4	5	4	4	6	5	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	0.9 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	2.4 S	2.3 S	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.2 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	3	5	4	4	5	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	160	163	167	10	75	29	39	48	3165	2038	94	1491	4896	1067	1090	5073	3883	334	667	473	367	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:14AM 1.35				3:49PM 1.30				5:04AM 1.81		10:22AM 2.36		5:07PM 1.74				4:11AM 1.31				4:26PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		8:54AM 0.79	9:03AM 0.76				9:34PM 0.37								10:15PM 0.33				11:12AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6
Temp. °C	13	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	22	21	14	20	19	16	17	15	14	15	16	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	15	16	17	16	16	16	22	21	12	20	19	16	17	14	12	14	16	14	11	13
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.4 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	0.9 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.4 SW	1.2 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	10	-	11	11	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	9	11	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	1.6 SW	1.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	4	4	9	7	12	10	11	11	11	11	5	11	17	16	-	10	9	10	6	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.7 NNW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	1.3 N	-	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	5	4	4	5	9	9	7	8	10	5	-	11	11	3	3	4	5	6

	Monday 30	Tue
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Malibu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Hayama Cliffs Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	4	1	4	5	4	4	6	5	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SE	1.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	12	9	12	12	12	10	10	4	6	4	4	4	10	4	4	5	5	5	5
Energy(?)	181	157	164	6	49	5	5	6	81	101	7	316	33	31	17	167	49	27	81	86	71	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	3:14AM 1.35													4:02PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)							9:28AM 0.76													10:17PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	15	13	14	14	19	18	17	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	12	15	13	14	14	19	18	16	17	19	18	17	16	16	16	18	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.6 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	10	4	5	4	4	7	10	10	-	10	8	8	-	10	10	-	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	4	4	4	12	9	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	9	12	10	10	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.9 SE	0.5 SE	1.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5

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