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

	Mon		Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Big Ben Chiba	Hayama Cliffs Kanagawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Chokusen Kyu Shu
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.2 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSE	2.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.0 SE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	6	8	12	6	7	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	144	73	102	100	171	39	576	140	456	1225	743	240	391	364	401	467	441	444	365	364	258	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	on	glass	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:07PM 1.18	6:50AM 1.36		9:06PM 1.04	7:18AM 1.31		10:55PM 0.99	9:15AM 1.37			3:05AM 1.25	4:55PM 1.44		3:45AM 1.51			4:22AM 1.50	3:38PM 1.44		4:53AM 1.61	4:02PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	3:03PM -0.02	1:07AM 0.73		2:06PM 0.03	1:06AM 0.90		3:08PM 0.12	1:34AM 0.96	3:51AM 1.15			7:55AM 1.05		7:23PM 0.40	9:23AM 1.11		9:18PM 0.41	10:09AM 0.86		10:21PM 0.39	10:46AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	13	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	3
High °C	11	12	21	14	13	15	16	11	14	17	16	19	16	15	17	16	14	15	15	15	17	19
Low °C	11	11	20	13	12	15	15	11	13	17	14	19	16	15	15	14	13	14	15	13	16	19
Chill °C (?)	9	12	21	13	12	14	15	9	14	16	15	19	15	14	17	16	13	14	14	15	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:24	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:29	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	-	0.9 ENE	0.7 SSE	-	1.0 ESE	0.1 S	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	6	8	7	-	7	6	-	8	13	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 SE	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	11	13	12	-	8	-	-	6	13	-	5	7	10	10	11	13	11	11	10	10	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	1.2 NNE	-	1.6 E	2.3 ESE	0.8 NNE	2.0 SE	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	-	6	8	4	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Monday 23				Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thu
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hayama Cliffs Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Shida Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SE	0.4 NE	1.0 ENE	0.5 ESE	1.0 NNE	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 NE	1.9 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	6	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	212	144	213	311	311	271	275	75	111	68	218	51	108	43	114	131	319	576	653	633	521	644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:07PM 1.18				6:54AM 1.35								6:50AM 1.42	9:25AM 1.58				11:48PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		1:17PM -0.03				1:07AM 0.73									3:16AM 1.10				4:40PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	2	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	10	11	10	10	10	9	11	13	22	12	21	13	13	13	14	15	16	15	12	13	11
Chill °C (?)	16	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	12	22	11	21	13	13	13	12	13	15	13	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SE	0.5 SE	1.0 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 NE	-	-	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	6	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.9 SE	0.3 N	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	11	11	11	11	5	10	13	7	12	8	5	-	4	4	8	-	-	-	8	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NW	0.2 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	1.0 NNE	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE	1.9 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.1 NE	0.7 NNE	2.5 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	4	-	3	3	4	5	5	3	4	2	-	4	6	3	8	4	7	8	5	5	8	4

	Monday 23	Tuesday 24
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hayama Cliffs Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Shida Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 NE	1.3 SSE	0.4 NE	1.7 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.3 SE	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	7	12	6	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	5
Energy(?)	417	150	153	153	144	144	164	28	41	105	230	65	181	82	70	252	11	11	11	60	7	58
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											7:48PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)					1:12PM 0.13											12:39AM 0.89			3:01AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	16	20	11	20	11	11	10	11	15	14	13	12	13	8
Chill °C (?)	13	9	8	8	8	8	9	11	14	20	9	20	8	9	8	9	14	13	11	11	11	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 NE	1.3 SSE	0.5 N	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	7	5	-	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	6	10	6	-	6	6	10	12	12	12	6	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	0.4 NE	-	1.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 NNE	1.4 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	6	4	4	4	6	6	6	5	6	5

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