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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	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	1.4 E	2.4 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 ENE	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	15	12	14	16	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	7	7	7	5	11	7
Energy(?)	5529	1150	2093	1899	1362	1629	1265	921	604	340	793	998	620	638	1302	227	473	353	151	62	160	1081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:32PM 1.20		5:00AM 1.25	5:51PM 1.93		6:03AM 1.88	4:09PM 1.39		4:49AM 1.35		7:26PM 2.05	7:38AM 1.93	5:36PM 1.44		5:35AM 1.40		8:48PM 1.90	5:38AM 1.48		6:53PM 1.38	5:56AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	10:58AM 0.75		10:19PM 0.10	10:29AM 0.56		11:47PM 0.09			10:35PM 0.12	10:47AM 0.24	12:26PM 0.38	1:39AM 0.15			11:40PM 0.30	11:56AM 0.01	2:26PM 0.15	2:39AM 0.55		3:05PM 0.14	12:11AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
High °C	14	14	10	18	11	18	19	13	18	19	19	12	15	13	14	21	15	14	15	16	14	12
Low °C	13	14	9	17	10	18	19	13	17	16	18	11	15	12	13	20	15	12	14	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	9	18	10	18	19	12	17	19	18	10	15	12	14	21	14	14	14	15	14	11
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	1.4 E	2.4 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.1 SE	0.8 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	15	12	14	16	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	6	13	12	7	7	16	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	1.0 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.3 N	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	1.0 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.6 NNW	0.3 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	5	16	11	-	11	5	-	-	4	6	6	7	5	7	18	6	6	12	12	16	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	0.3 NNE	1.1 WSW	1.3 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.6 NNE	2.3 E
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	6	7	4	7	14	4	7	-	-	5	3	7

	Monday 16						Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kudaka Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	13	15	14	14	17	16	13	13	13	13	14	16	15	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1320	5529	4634	4195	3033	2032	1154	2067	1864	1707	1441	1684	1642	1130	1123	1108	1415	1265	852	1230	1011	1179
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:19AM 1.60				5:10PM 1.80				4:09AM 1.25				6:00PM 1.89					6:49AM 1.82			3:52PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			10:03AM 0.68				11:13PM 0.09				11:28AM 0.72				10:03PM 0.10				10:09AM 0.58	12:43PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	14	13	14	18	14	13	9	10	10	15	18	19	10	10	10	18	19	13	20	13	14
Chill °C (?)	11	13	12	14	18	14	13	7	8	8	15	18	19	10	10	10	18	19	12	20	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:47	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	13	15	14	14	17	16	13	13	13	13	14	16	15	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 N	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	17	5	5	6	6	16	16	11	11	11	-	-	-	11	5	5	-	-	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	-	1.1 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	6

	Monday 16																				Tue
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kudaka Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	16	13	13	13	15	15	15	16	14	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	16	13	13
Energy(?)	1258	6345	5947	5873	2514	1251	1255	3295	3295	3119	1705	1911	1858	2886	2731	2466	3085	2940	1606	2730	1558	1558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:45AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)																			9:20PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	14	14	17	12	13	9	9	9	14	18	18	9	9	9	17	17	10	17	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	12	17	11	12	6	6	6	13	18	18	7	7	7	17	16	9	17	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	13	16	16	16	13	13	13	15	15	15	12	14	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	16	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 N	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	18	13	13	13	16	17	17	14	14	13	16	18	18	13	13	13	6	-	13	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	0.5 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	-	-

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