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

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	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	Onjuku Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Chikura Chiba
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSE	1.7 WSW	0.6 N	1.1 SE	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.9 E
Period(s)	9	8	7	8	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	6	7	9	7	8	9	9
Energy	326	95	267	224	264	216	309	231	274	244	262	75	116	116	112	14	305	61	202	1091	713	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:31AM 1.02		1:46AM 1.79		1:18PM 1.22	12:17AM 1.28		1:57PM 1.15	1:58AM 1.46		4:16PM 1.34	1:08AM 1.45		4:08PM 1.31	2:24AM 1.45			6:49PM 1.85	5:06AM 1.92		6:53PM 1.86	4:02AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		5:57PM 0.72	7:24PM 0.89	6:21AM 0.58			8:21AM 0.50		8:21PM 0.95	8:32AM 0.27		7:39PM 0.98	8:58AM 0.03		9:10PM 0.96	9:53AM -0.03	12:17PM -0.04	12:15AM 0.90			12:19AM 0.96	11:26AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	-	16	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	62	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	23	18	18	21	18	21	22	20	21	23	20	22	22	21	22	24	25	22	24	21	22
Low °C	19	21	16	18	20	16	20	21	19	20	22	20	21	21	20	21	24	24	21	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	23	18	18	21	18	21	22	20	21	23	20	22	22	21	22	24	25	22	24	21	22
Sunrise	4:22	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:24
Sunset	-	7:01	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSE	0.9 S	0.6 N	1.1 SE	1.5 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	6	5	9	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.8 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 E	0.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 E	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	6	8	7	6	6	7	15	7	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.4 W	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 N	2.3 E	-	1.6 NE
Period (s)	2	3	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	4	7	6	3	8	-	8

	Tuesday 09						Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSE	1.1 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	8	9	7	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Energy	523	326	298	95	211	239	267	612	578	224	667	264	249	283	216	217	279	309	293	231	80	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:27AM 1.05									1:18PM 1.22				1:33AM 1.57				1:57PM 1.15	4:04PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)						6:33PM 0.76				6:21AM 0.58								8:21AM 0.50				8:53PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	3	3	1	-	1	2	8	2	2	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	20	23	21	17	16	19	19	18	23	21	22	18	17	20	19	20	19	22	25	21
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	23	21	17	16	19	19	18	23	21	22	18	17	20	19	20	19	22	25	21
Sunrise	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.7 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	7	9	8	8	10	7	8	8	8	11	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	7	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 W	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	-	0.8 N	-	-	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.4 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	7	2	3	3	-	-	7	9	8	-	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	3	8

	Tuesday 09	Wed
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.7 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 E	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	10	9	9	7	7	7
Energy	597	403	523	398	466	326	279	284	298	286	320	95	694	688	211	317	200	239	200	271	267	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								10:27AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)														4:27PM 0.63		6:01PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	3	3	1	1
High °C	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	23	18	18	21	20	17	17	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	23	18	18	21	20	17	17	16	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.7 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 SW	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	10	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SW	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	0.3 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 W	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	7	8	7	2	-	3	3	3	3	3	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7

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