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

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	Mon	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Kojima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.5 S	1.6 NE	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	1.4 S	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	9	9	6	6	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	116	187	88	392	620	100	38	68	88	277	260	1228	1097	986	442	200	174	122	283	189	300	439
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 1.77		9:24PM 1.44	8:01AM 1.57		10:57PM 1.38	9:24AM 1.53		12:20AM 1.28	8:58AM 1.37		2:39AM 1.12	3:31AM 7:38AM 1.12 1.12		2:00AM 1.23				3:58AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	1:19AM 0.85		3:01PM 0.14	2:24AM 1.04		3:15PM 0.47		3:53AM 1.11	5:06PM 0.38		3:47AM 1.24	4:13PM 0.49		4:20AM 1.11	5:53PM 0.36		7:29AM 1.05			9:58AM 0.71		9:50PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	4	6	1	2	-	-	-	-	3	21	3	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	12	12	12	14	10	15	14	17	22	19	19	18	17	24	25	17	19	24	18	23
Low °C	15	16	11	8	11	13	9	14	13	16	21	19	17	17	16	23	25	17	18	23	17	22
Chill °C (?)	17	18	10	9	11	14	9	15	14	17	22	19	18	17	16	24	25	17	19	24	18	23
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:18	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.9 S	0.7 ESE	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	6	9	9	8	8	7	9	9	7	8	8	11	11	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.0 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.2 N	0.1 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	9	6	8	8	7	7	12	11	9	10	-	-	-	7	7	7	6	5	5	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 NNE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 SE	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	7	4	4	5	8	-	-	-	4	6	6	8	8	9	-	4	7	4	4	4	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.8 NE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	6	9	7	8	7	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	7
Energy(?)	285	134	126	126	271	117	203	273	511	83	115	887	771	620	469	100	68	65	61	50	66	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			9:01PM 1.67			7:39AM 1.64					9:24PM 1.44			6:18AM 1.36					9:08PM 1.12			8:50AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)				1:59AM 0.94					3:06PM 0.14			12:31AM 0.93				1:41PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	17	15	16	18	19	16	9	7	8	9	11	14	14	13	13	14	13	10	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	17	15	16	18	19	15	6	4	5	7	9	13	14	12	12	13	13	9	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	1.5 NE	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	6	6	7	8	8	7	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.4 S	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 S	0.5 NE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	15	6	6	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	9	8	8	7	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.8 NE	1.3 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	3	-	6	6	-	4	4	7	6	5	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	325	120	121	125	136	136	156	160	155	116	132	160	158	179	191	71	70	70	71	150	92	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						8:41PM 1.56	9:05PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)											1:59AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	17	17	16	18	19	18	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	15	17	15	11
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	17	17	15	18	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	14	13	17	14	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 S	0.7 ESE	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	6	14	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	14	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 S	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 NE	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	7	7	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	-	2

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