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

	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	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	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tainohama Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Izumi Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.7 E	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 ENE	3.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	11	12	11	5	6	8	8
Energy(?)	978	1113	2242	2698	2384	1937	1489	3048	1296	1492	1362	767	787	962	597	605	569	342	195	265	349	1259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:24AM 1.48	5:37PM 1.44		4:47AM 1.50		6:26PM 1.35	6:43AM 1.69		7:03PM 1.38	8:29AM 1.84		8:03PM 1.29	5:49AM 1.51		10:20PM 1.45	10:13AM 1.73		11:54PM 1.13	7:31AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 0.15		10:41PM 0.50	11:00AM 0.04		11:15PM 0.61	11:33AM -0.00	1:28PM -0.04	11:41PM 0.74		1:43PM 0.00	11:50PM 0.97		12:43PM 0.02	12:22AM 1.05		4:14PM 0.15		4:34AM 1.06	5:44PM 0.32	1:57AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	8	7	-	17
High °C	13	15	16	17	17	16	22	17	21	21	21	21	22	19	19	21	21	20	16	15	15	20
Low °C	11	14	15	16	17	16	21	17	20	21	21	20	21	17	18	20	20	19	16	13	15	20
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	17	17	16	22	16	21	21	21	21	22	19	19	21	21	20	15	14	13	19
Sunrise	5:07	-	-	5:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:01
Sunset	-	6:14	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.7 E	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	0.6 E	1.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	12	11	12	11	10	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	-	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.2 E	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	12	17	-	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	15	15	15	14	14	5	13	10	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.6 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	0.1 NE	1.7 ENE	3.0 NE
Period (s)	8	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	5	5	4	8	8

	Friday 17						Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Tainohama Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	15
Energy(?)	1546	1109	1204	1113	1913	2162	2043	3393	3281	3002	3503	2384	1371	2089	2118	2089	1079	1784	1694	1676	3403	3636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:21AM 1.85				4:50PM 1.44				4:27AM 1.41									6:06AM 1.76				6:29PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			10:24AM 0.05				10:47PM 0.60	12:37AM 0.48							10:47PM 0.76					2:13PM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	13	15	13	14	13	19	14	16	17	17	23	16	16	15	21	16	22	22	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	18	12	15	12	13	13	19	14	16	17	17	23	16	16	15	21	16	22	22	17	17
Sunrise	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 E	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 E	0.4 ENE	2.1 E	1.5 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	-	1.1 ENE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	13	-	10	17	14	11	12	10	11	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	9	-	12	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 SE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 17	Sat
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Tainohama Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.9 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1532	1175	1305	1010	1549	1254	952	1578	1775	1362	1907	2094	1230	2012	1913	1913	1605	1900	2894	2937	2527	2282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)														4:36PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	9	9	10	11	12	21	13	18	19	12	22	13	13	13	22	14	22	22	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	5	5	7	8	10	21	11	17	19	10	22	12	12	12	22	13	22	22	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.8 ESE	1.9 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	10	15	10	10	10	15	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	1.7 SSE	0.6 N	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.5 N	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	13	5	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	-	-	14	8	14	14	14	8	11	8	8	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 ESE	1.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.8 E	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	8	3	8	8	8	6	8	6	9	-	8	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-

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