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 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			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	Kudaka Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Nagahama Kanagawa	Kugenuma Rivermouth Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	2	3	2	4	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 NE	2.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 E	2.2 S	1.1 S	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.3 NE	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	10	12	12	9	9	10	9	5	4	9	8	5	9	10	8	8	7	6	7	6
Energy(?)	186	975	266	1183	1027	338	254	133	74	25	20	85	989	120	1712	1137	388	349	85	23	203	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:49AM 1.08	3:57AM 1.48			4:28AM 1.78	1:52PM 1.11		4:31AM 1.51	2:53PM 1.24		4:16AM 1.45	4:27PM 1.36		5:02AM 1.37	5:10PM 1.42		4:07AM 1.45	4:40PM 1.45		4:25AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			6:17PM 0.26	9:38AM 1.03		10:09PM 0.44	10:20AM 0.96		8:30PM 0.35	10:26AM 0.64		10:40PM 0.22	10:13AM 0.56		10:45PM 0.31	11:01AM 0.41		11:15PM 0.41	10:23AM 0.35		11:00PM 0.33	10:52AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	24	-	10	10	-	2	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	14	16	16	17	15	16	20	17	19	20	18	21	15	15	12	14	12	18	15	18	15
Low °C	19	13	14	16	17	14	16	20	16	17	18	17	21	15	12	12	14	10	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	20	13	16	16	17	15	16	20	16	18	20	18	21	13	14	10	12	10	18	14	18	14
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	5:53	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 N	2.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.6 SE	1.9 SSE	0.5 E	2.3 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	1.3 NE	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	9	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	12	5	7	8	10	9	10	8	8	7	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	-	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 NE	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	10	-	12	12	10	10	8	11	7	8	9	9	17	16	10	9	9	4	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.6 SW	-	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	-	2.2 S	1.1 S	2.1 SW	0.3 NNE	0.5 NW	1.1 E	0.5 NNE	1.8 NNE	0.9 WNW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	6	4	-	4	5	4	-	8	5	10	2	4	5	4	7	4	6

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	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	0.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 E	1.1 NE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	10	9	11	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	12	11	11	10	11	9	9	10	9
Energy(?)	1086	1774	1106	524	712	213	523	525	660	208	665	210	275	1027	828	686	631	566	262	254	275	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high-flow	low	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						1:19PM 1.53								12:44PM 1.01								1:12PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)				7:56AM 1.21				6:24PM 0.25								8:33PM 0.19				8:21AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	12	11	16	14	21	18	14	13	13	12	16	14	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	10	9	16	13	21	18	13	12	13	12	16	14	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:33	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	0.8 NE	1.6 ENE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	9	11	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW	0.9 NE	-	0.1 SW	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	11	10	-	8	8	12	8	13	6	12	-	6	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4

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	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	2.5 SE	3.0 ESE	1.7 E	2.5 ESE	0.9 N	2.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.6 E	1.9 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	10	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1083	1757	1465	598	1244	171	1003	1056	1206	481	994	524	635	1677	1610	1534	1467	1394	915	967	573	708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																					5:57PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	12	17	13	18	17	12	12	10	12	16	14	17	17	16	16	16	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	17	11	10	17	11	18	17	9	10	7	10	16	13	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.5 SE	3.0 ESE	1.7 E	2.5 ESE	0.9 N	2.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.6 E	1.9 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.3 W	0.3 SW	0.9 NE	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.7 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	-	11	12	-	9	8	6	8	11	8	11	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	1.7 E	-	1.1 NNE	0.7 N	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	0.6 N	-	0.6 NW	-	-	0.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	-	6	4	6	6	4	-	3	-	-	4	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	-	-

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