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

	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Chikura Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Oku Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	3	2	1	2	1	3	2	2	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.6 WSW	0.9 S	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	4.0 NE	2.3 ESE	1.8 SSW	2.4 E	1.6 SW	1.3 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	1.5 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	10	9	6	7	7	8	7	7	12	11	9	9	11	9	10	9	11	11	6	7	9	9
Energy	653	310	85	366	109	542	220	266	1193	890	4599	1361	1451	1481	1245	649	268	79	212	226	230	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:36PM 1.84	8:36AM 1.76		9:58PM 1.57	8:56AM 1.51		9:37PM 1.23	7:55AM 1.16		11:22PM 1.53	10:21AM 1.30		10:45PM 1.21	10:31AM 1.02	1:25PM 1.39	2:01AM 1.64		2:53PM 1.44	2:06AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		1:41PM 0.15	3:00AM 1.14	3:06AM 1.01	3:00PM 0.31		3:31AM 0.99	3:33PM 0.44	2:56AM 0.88		4:37PM 0.50		5:04AM 0.93	3:23PM 0.52		5:18AM 0.77		7:28PM 0.78	8:41AM 0.68		7:49PM 0.82	8:32AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	35	2	-	-	-	14	5	4	5	1	2
High °C	18	18	23	25	22	20	22	22	18	20	25	21	20	22	21	23	26	26	26	27	21	21
Low °C	18	18	21	25	22	20	21	22	17	19	24	20	20	22	20	21	25	24	25	26	19	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	23	25	22	20	22	22	18	20	25	21	20	22	21	23	26	26	26	27	21	21
Sunrise	4:26	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:22	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:52
Sunset	-	6:55	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.2 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 S	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.8 SW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	6	7	7	8	6	7	12	11	10	9	8	9	9	9	6	6	9	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSE	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	11	7	6	8	7	11	7	7	10	11	11	8	10	8	11	11	7	9	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.6 E	-	1.6 WSW	-	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-	4.0 NE	0.9 NNE	0.5 NW	-	1.6 SW	1.3 ENE	-	2.4 SW	1.5 NNE	1.0 NE	-	-
Period (s)	10	4	-	7	-	8	7	7	-	-	9	4	3	-	10	9	-	7	6	6	-	-

	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	3	3	4	3	1	2	2	5	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.8 S	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.0 NE	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 S	1.3 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s)	12	10	11	10	9	9	8	11	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	7
Energy	669	738	1100	653	105	310	240	3943	85	233	406	366	269	109	373	717	542	546	300	220	204	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			5:40AM 1.41					8:04PM 1.23	9:36PM 1.84			8:36AM 1.76					9:58PM 1.57			8:56AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		1:36AM 0.99				1:41PM 0.15				2:44AM 1.05				3:00PM 0.31					3:31AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	18	18	19	18	18	18	22	23	23	25	25	22	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	18	19	18	18	17	22	23	23	25	25	22	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.8 S	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 ENE	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	10	11	10	8	9	8	11	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	11	9	9	7	7	6	7	8	8	12	7	7	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	1.2 NE	1.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 E	0.5 E	3.0 NE	-	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	1.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	4	10	10	2	4	4	11	-	6	7	7	7	-	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	7

	Wed	Thursday 04
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	3	3	4	3	1	2	2	5	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Energy	1545	669	669	907	839	738	1385	1048	1100	1019	823	653	241	290	105	105	370	310	298	245	240	208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									5:40AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)					1:36AM 0.99											12:57PM 0.20	1:41PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	18	19	17	18	18	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	1.2 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.7 E	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	10	5	10	10	2	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4

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