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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Japan Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Japan Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Japan Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Japan Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Japan Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Japan Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Japan Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Japan Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Japan Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Japan Wavefinder

	Fri 11		Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Buma Okinawa
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	E 14	E 14	E 13	ESE 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	ESE 8	E 12	E 9	SE 9	E 14	ESE 13	E 13	E 12	E 12	E 9	E 13	E 9
kJ	145	183	180	289	295	272	276	126	160	184	215	192	501	451	215	193	184	106	119	57
Wind (km/h)	E	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	SE	NNE	NNE	SW	ENE	SSW	SW	W	SW	E	NE	ENE	ENE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide			4:53AM1.61m	5:18PM1.57m		5:34AM1.57m	5:35PM1.56m	7:04PM2.19m	7:53AM2.04m		8:45PM2.14m	6:30AM1.34m			7:13AM1.25m		6:38PM1.51m	10:51AM1.66m		9:53PM1.67m
Low Tide		10:51PM0.53m	11:08AM0.37m		11:23PM0.43m	11:37AM0.48m		1:16AM0.41m		12:33PM0.60m		11:59AM0.70m	1:04PM0.71m	00:35AM0.36m		12:20PM0.81m	1:35AM0.36m	4:23AM0.58m	3:13PM1.03m


mm	1	8	5	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	3	1	2	3	2	2	1	1
Max °C	27	20	20	22	22	24	25	27	27	27	27	27	26	25	24	25	24	28	27	27
Min °C	26	20	20	21	22	22	24	25	26	25	26	26	26	23	24	24	23	27	26	26
Chill °C	27	20	20	22	22	24	25	27	27	27	27	27	26	25	24	25	24	28	27	27
	—	—	5:18	—	—	5:18	—	—	5:56	—	—	5:20	—	—	5:20	—	—	6:15	—	—
	6:27	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:51	—	—	5:53	—	—	5:51	—	—	5:44	—	—	6:19	—
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	E 14	E 14	E 13	ESE 13	E 13	E 13	ESE 9	ESE 8	E 12	E 13	SE 9	E 14	ESE 13	SE 7	E 12	E 12	E 9	ESE 9	E 9
kJ	145	183	180	289	295	272	276	99	160	184	54	168	501	451	73	193	184	106	99	39
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	S 8	S 7	SSW 7	NE 6	NE 7	SE 8	E 13	E 13	SE 10	—	E 14	SE 8	SE 7	E 13	SE 7	SE 8	E 14	E 13	N 6
kJ	74	41	28	18	19	21	55	126	84	90	—	192	88	86	215	60	63	91	119	15
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	—	—	ENE 5	—	—	E 9	—	—	NNE 4	NE 3	NE 4	ENE 4	—	NE 5	E 3
kJ	27	13	18	11	38	—	—	3	—	—	215	—	—	12	2	8	13	—	24	2
Sea °C	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	28	27	27	25	27	27	27	28	28	28
Diff °C	-0.4	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.5	0.0	0.0	+0.1	-0.2	+0.4	+0.5	-0.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	-0.2	-0.4	-0.3

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