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

	Tue	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Tainohama Shikoku	Bowls Okinawa	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Yona Bay Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	4	4	1	5	4	4	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	2.1 ENE	0.9 SE	1.7 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	242	457	532	251	110	212	235	168	306	205	113	288	575	142	642	3039	1984	297	255	283	180	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:46AM 1.53		2:02PM 1.16			5:02PM 1.86		4:09AM 1.77	3:59PM 1.35		6:15AM 2.03		7:14PM 1.85	5:15AM 1.76		7:01PM 1.99	6:06AM 1.97		7:29PM 1.82	6:46AM 1.94		8:33PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		8:45AM 0.60		9:08PM 0.64	9:16AM 0.34		11:01PM 0.69	10:40AM 0.18		11:06PM 0.72			12:52AM 0.70		12:25PM -0.17	12:36AM 0.90			12:52AM 1.00			1:49AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	5	8	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	-
High °C	18	20	21	18	20	21	20	22	19	18	22	21	21	23	22	20	21	21	19	21	22	21
Low °C	18	20	19	17	18	21	19	21	18	17	21	20	20	21	21	19	20	21	19	20	21	20
Chill °C (?)	18	20	21	18	20	21	20	22	19	18	22	21	21	23	22	20	21	21	19	21	22	21
Sunrise	-	4:43	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	7	10	8	14	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.7 SE	0.5 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	11	7	7	7	7	11	9	11	9	11	14	10	11	-	-	10	7	8	7	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 NNE	-	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	2.1 ENE	-	-	3.0 E	2.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9	-	7	7	8	-	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	4

	Tue		Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Friday 15
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	357	394	320	237	238	219	385	549	604	565	535	273	289	266	578	522	568	240	236	231	229	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:46AM 1.53				2:52PM 1.25					3:19AM 1.61				3:37PM 1.43				4:16AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)										7:54PM 0.54									10:46PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	18	18	18	18	19	21	20	18	17	17	17	18	20	20	19	20	21	20	17	21
Chill °C (?)	21	20	18	18	18	18	19	21	20	18	17	17	17	18	20	20	19	20	21	20	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-
Sunset	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	8	9	-	8	10	12	11	11	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	2	4

	Tuesday 12	Wednesday 13
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	307	324	290	272	272	266	330	479	478	333	328	237	237	238	137	140	123	322	313	307	320	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											1:31AM 1.24	2:46AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)						8:13PM 0.61													9:57AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	16	16	18	18	18	17	17	18	20	19	20	21	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	16	16	18	18	18	17	17	18	20	19	20	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	9	-	-	-	9	10	10	9	9	-	-	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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