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 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			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	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikei Island Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.8 SE	1.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.5 E	1.5 SSE	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	8	6	6	8	7	7	9	8	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	33	145	234	31	51	48	412	355	85	513	1046	679	300	445	576	506	900	550	688	1434	780	1315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:35PM 1.63	8:22AM 1.72		9:06PM 1.04	7:18AM 1.31		11:11PM 0.97	8:41AM 1.28			7:57AM 1.23	4:55PM 1.44		3:14AM 1.30	1:32PM 1.24			3:38PM 1.44		4:55AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		1:22PM 0.11			1:56PM 0.19	1:06AM 0.90		3:08PM 0.12	1:46AM 0.94	3:26AM 1.10		7:13PM 0.37			8:19PM 0.53	8:39AM 1.00		10:07PM 0.44	8:21AM 0.96		10:14PM 0.33	10:53AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	1	-	-	12	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	5	-	-	1	-
High °C	17	10	13	21	16	21	15	16	12	14	17	16	15	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	17
Low °C	14	10	13	20	15	21	15	15	12	13	16	15	14	15	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	17	7	12	21	16	21	13	15	11	13	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	14	14	13	14	16
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:29	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 SE	1.3 SE	0.4 N	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.9 ESE	0.8 E	1.5 SSE	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	8	6	6	8	11	7	5	8	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.6 W	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 S	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	15	6	5	6	6	11	-	-	9	13	6	-	-	10	11	12	12	11	13	10	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 SSW	2.2 ESE	0.9 NE	0.9 E	1.5 ESE	1.3 NNE	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	1.8 NE	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	4	3	7	4	5	8	6	5	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	10	-	4

	Monday 23						Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25
	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	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikei Island Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.5 SE	1.0 ENE	1.3 NNE	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	13	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Energy(?)	251	203	51	95	305	439	368	336	286	210	62	64	241	100	88	43	41	52	129	355	441	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:33AM 1.33	9:21AM 1.90			7:58PM 1.15				7:46AM 1.48	9:29AM 1.68				10:39PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)				2:37PM 0.17				1:07AM 0.73						7:19PM 0.25			3:17AM 0.89				4:40PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	4	-	-	1	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	12	10	21	18	10	10	10	9	9	13	21	22	12	13	12	12	13	22	13	16	15	13
Chill °C (?)	11	8	21	18	8	8	8	7	7	12	21	22	11	12	11	12	13	22	12	15	13	12
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.0 ENE	-	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	9	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.9 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	-	0.5 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	10	10	8	6	6	8	-	5	5	3	11	7	-	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	0.6 SE	-	0.4 ESE	1.2 WSW	0.8 SE	0.9 NE	1.7 NNE	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	6	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	4	5	4	4	6	5

	Monday 23	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	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikei Island Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 SSE	1.0 NNE	0.8 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SE	1.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	11	5	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	12	12	6	4	6	8	8	6	8	6	6	6
Energy(?)	139	70	43	32	232	127	133	148	151	37	92	91	175	34	101	97	109	28	353	12	12	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	21	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	20	20	11	14	17	14	13	19	11	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	21	11	8	9	8	8	8	12	20	20	8	12	17	13	12	19	9	16	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 SSE	-	0.8 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SE	1.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	6	-	6	8	8	6	8	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 ENE	-	0.6 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	15	11	13	15	11	11	11	11	11	12	5	5	11	-	7	6	6	6	10	12	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.5 NE	1.0 NNE	0.9 NE	0.9 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	5	3	4	3	6	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	6	6	5

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