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

	Sun	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12
	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	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	1	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 S	0.4 E	1.7 NNE	0.7 S	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	1.7 S	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	0.8 E	1.5 SW	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 SE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	9	9	8	10	7	8	9	10	9	9	6	7	8	8	10	9	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1388	160	123	143	259	29	307	124	58	46	83	101	278	521	1171	1558	115	523	557	212	234	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:48AM 1.54		7:19PM 1.22	6:15AM 1.29		8:25PM 1.20	6:08AM 1.40		10:34PM 1.42	9:05AM 1.50		12:56AM 1.37	10:38AM 1.41		2:31AM 1.43	11:57AM 1.37			11:16AM 1.05	12:53PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)	1:36AM 0.83		1:46PM 0.20	12:11AM 0.88		1:31PM 0.07	12:53AM 0.95		2:45PM 0.20		3:30AM 1.08	4:11PM 0.58		5:34AM 1.19		6:39PM 0.46	8:17AM 1.31		8:45PM 0.57	7:44AM 1.01		10:02PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	45	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	36	11	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	21	19	17	20	20	15	14	11	17	18	17	20	21	19	24	18	17	24	18	17
Low °C	16	16	20	14	15	20	19	12	14	10	16	17	13	19	21	17	23	17	17	23	17	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	21	19	17	20	20	14	13	11	16	18	17	20	21	18	24	17	16	24	18	17
Sunrise	-	5:18	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 S	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 SE	0.7 ESE	0.9 W	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 E	0.8 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	8	9	7	9	9	9	11	7	11	8	9	8	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.9 SE	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	8	6	6	9	10	9	8	4	7	12	7	11	-	-	-	10	7	7	7	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 NE	1.5 NNE	1.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.7 S	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 SW	1.0 SSE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	5	6	6	4	6	7	4	-	-	7	5	6	7	8	8	5	3	11	4	6	7

	Sun		Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	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	Osaki Point Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Izumi Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Californias Okinawa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SE	1.3 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 E	1.8 NNE	1.8 NE	1.7 NNE	1.3 S	0.9 S	1.6 N
Period(s) (?)	8	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	7	8	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	503	1452	1084	1079	1010	978	240	143	290	201	120	105	225	259	240	219	577	426	307	547	217	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:25PM 1.38			5:52AM 1.33					8:50PM 1.66	9:04PM 1.59			8:09AM 1.75					10:29PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)								12:23PM 0.20				1:59AM 0.94								12:29AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	16	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	17	16	18	16	18	17	17	18	15	14	15	17	19	18	15	20	9	9	19
Chill °C (?)	18	16	18	16	16	18	16	18	16	17	18	15	13	15	17	19	18	14	20	7	7	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	6:13
Sunset	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 SE	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.5 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 NE	0.6 E	0.5 SW	1.3 S	0.9 NE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	6	8	8	7	7	10	7	8	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.0 NE	0.9 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	15	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	7	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	1.3 SW	0.7 S	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 NE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NE	1.7 NNE	1.5 NE	-	1.6 N
Period (s)	-	10	9	8	9	9	-	-	8	4	-	-	4	4	4	6	7	8	7	7	-	8

	Sunday 05	Monday 06
	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	Osaki Point Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Izumi Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Californias Okinawa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 S	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.5 SE	2.2 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 NNW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 NNW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	6	8	8	6
Energy(?)	684	1658	757	1017	1114	1487	935	317	1081	161	82	227	129	118	118	123	106	103	13	240	292	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				6:40PM 1.30													7:36AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)											2:00AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	17	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	16	17	22	16	19	24
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	12	12	15	13	13	14	14	16	17	22	16	19	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	1.5 SE	1.2 SE	0.8 S	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 NNW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	10	10	10	10	13	8	8	7	8	7	9	8	8	8	9	9	6	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	-	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 NE	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	8	8	-	10	10	-	10	-	9	7	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	9	7	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SSW	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	10	-	9	9	9	9	8	10	3	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	5	-	-	3

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