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 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Kurihama Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	2	3	3	2	2	1	4	4	3	2	4	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 ESE	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 NNW	1.2 E	1.7 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	8	7	9	10	10	8	9	6	7	8	8	8	9	8	10	7	9	7	7	8	8	10
Energy	322	849	2297	2911	390	422	55	239	658	611	559	1113	1051	158	76	20	239	267	220	298	185	210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross	cross	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			6:14PM 1.87	5:32AM 1.72	5:50PM 1.32		5:55AM 1.74		7:19PM 1.70	6:21AM 1.72		6:54PM 1.22	6:48AM 1.68		7:31PM 1.22	5:39AM 1.31		8:16PM 1.16	6:53AM 1.39		10:12PM 1.42	8:31AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	11:38AM 0.04		12:00AM 0.66			11:00PM 0.84		12:26PM -0.05	12:47AM 0.89			11:57PM 0.78		12:34PM 0.04	12:29AM 0.83		1:02PM 0.10	1:02AM 0.87		2:02PM 0.10		3:07AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	1	-	-
High °C	14	18	17	18	19	18	20	21	22	21	20	19	18	21	17	20	21	19	18	19	19	21
Low °C	13	15	15	16	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	18	18	21	16	19	21	18	17	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	14	16	15	18	19	18	20	21	22	21	20	18	17	21	17	20	21	19	18	19	19	21
Sunrise	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	4:41	-	-	5:22
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:02	-	-	6:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 NNW	1.7 ESE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	9	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	7	7	7	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-
Period (s)	-	8	12	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	5	7	-	7	9	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	0.8 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	3	7	9	10	-	-	5	6	7	8	8	8	9	4	-	6	9	-	-	-	4	-

	Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	4	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	3	1	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.1 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 S	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 ESE	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	10	10	6	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	9	5
Energy	290	1114	254	1338	1193	2686	417	222	470	326	1569	929	93	1325	528	1154	203	241	215	257	89	112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:15AM 1.81								3:50AM 1.49				5:38PM 1.32				4:59AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	11:19PM 0.59				10:32AM 0.09				11:50PM 0.76								10:48PM 0.77					12:39PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	1	19	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	18	18	16	18	14	16	15	14	16	16	15	19	21	19	19	18	19	18	18	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	15	18	14	16	14	14	15	15	15	19	21	19	19	18	19	18	18	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.1 E	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	2.4 S	0.5 SE	1.0 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.6 SE	0.9 S	0.9 SE	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	7	8	-	-	8	10	9	9	8	9	-	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 S	1.7 SW	0.9 NW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.9 SW	2.5 WSW	-	2.3 WSW	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 NW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	3	8	8	9	8	6	7	7	-	-	6	9	-	8	-	2	5	7	5	5

	Thu	Friday 01
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	4	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	3	1	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	3.0 ESE	1.3 E	2.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	2.5 ESE	1.4 SE	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSE	3.5 SE	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	7	8	7	8	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Energy	276	1226	290	763	29	42	1626	369	899	899	804	1833	959	1774	2757	2757	2208	2729	2365	2468	248	196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:51AM 1.70	5:08AM 1.74											4:49PM 1.32		6:11PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			11:27PM 0.60											10:30AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	15	13	-	13	6	6	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	19	19	12	12	20	20	20	20	16	19	20	19	18	19	17	19	20	19	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	17	19	18	10	9	20	20	20	20	15	18	20	18	17	18	16	18	19	18	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	-	1.3 E	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.9 E	1.4 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	0.1 NE	0.8 SE	2.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.5 SE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	7	13	6	7	8	7	8	8	-	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	-	1.0 S	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	1.8 SE	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	-	7	-	3	3	8	-	8	8	-	8	8	4	9	9	10	10	13	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 ESE	-	2.5 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.5 ESE	1.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSE	3.5 SE	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W
Period (s)	-	8	-	8	3	3	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5

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