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 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	1.0 NE	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.6 ENE	1.5 W	0.7 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.6 SW	1.4 N	1.2 N	1.0 NE	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	10	7	8	7	7	7	12	12	8	12	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	8
Energy(?)	96	108	261	406	189	211	241	179	183	184	177	217	48	637	310	418	518	222	188	134	153	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:33AM 1.00	10:39AM 1.20			3:59AM 1.13	2:22PM 1.52		4:27AM 1.24	1:39PM 1.29		4:56AM 1.31	2:48PM 1.38		5:24AM 1.35	3:24PM 1.37		5:50AM 1.27	4:14PM 1.38		6:13AM 1.28	4:57PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	5:42PM 0.41		3:54AM 0.91		7:12PM 0.33	6:54AM 1.10		8:13PM 0.18	8:57AM 1.07		9:19PM -0.04	9:50AM 0.98		9:40PM 0.01	10:30AM 0.87		10:35PM -0.03	10:51AM 0.81		10:56PM -0.05	11:25AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	6	6	4	5	7	5	5	6	4	4	6	6	8	8	7	7	16	15	11	9
Low °C	8	5	5	4	2	3	7	2	3	6	2	4	6	6	7	8	6	7	15	15	10	9
Chill °C (?)	7	5	3	4	2	3	6	2	1	6	0	2	5	5	5	5	4	4	14	14	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-	6:10	-	-	5:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.6 SSW	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.3 NE	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	1.2 N	1.0 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	8	7	8	5	7	6	7	12	8	8	11	7	8	12	7	7	15	8	7	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	10	7	6	13	6	6	12	8	12	12	4	13	12	-	12	11	15	-	8	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	-	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	1.0 NE	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.4 NNE	1.5 W	-	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.6 SW	1.4 N	0.4 ENE	1.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	6	-	7	8	7	7	7	-	2	-	3	7	-	8	7	7	7	7	7	5	8	-

	Tuesday 27				Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Fri
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	1	1	2	4	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 W	0.7 SW	1.2 NNE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.9 W	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	8	8	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	13	13	12	12	7	7	13	7	12
Energy(?)	79	50	200	1006	805	108	148	283	303	406	383	347	189	332	162	201	222	241	584	257	486	951
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:51AM 1.21					2:33AM 1.00			10:22AM 1.24						3:59AM 1.13		11:57AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)			5:42PM 0.41									7:07PM 0.22				7:19AM 1.11				7:52PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	8	8	6	5	7	5	6	6	4	4	3	2	3	2	4	7	7	5	5	2
Chill °C (?)	6	8	8	6	4	2	5	1	3	4	1	2	0	0	0	-2	2	6	6	3	2	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 NE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.9 NE
Period (s)	9	6	9	7	8	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	5	13	13	5	5	6	7	13	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	9	12	9	11	10	7	6	6	6	12	12	13	12	7	12	12	6	6	11	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 W	0.6 NE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.4 NNE	1.9 W	1.6 NE
Period (s)	6	6	7	8	8	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	5	6	6	7	7	4	7	12

	Tuesday 27	Wednesday 28
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	1	1	2	4	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 E	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 E	0.9 WSW	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	6	6	6	6	6	9	11	7	7	7	7	7	11	8	8	8	7	7	12	7	10
Energy(?)	2	40	79	57	82	50	10	82	78	81	102	115	117	37	118	117	121	146	131	5	96	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:51AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)									5:38PM 0.34										3:54AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	7	7	8	8	14	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5
Chill °C (?)	5	6	6	5	7	8	14	6	6	6	5	4	3	5	4	4	3	3	1	2	2	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.3 NE	0.6 SW	0.2 ESE	0.5 NE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 NE	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	6	9	6	9	6	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	7	7	10	7	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	8	11	5	12	9	11	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	5	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	6	6	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	2	-	-	6	6	6	6	4	6

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