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 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20
	Night	AM	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 Japan	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kamogawa Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	3	2	2	1	2	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 E	0.2 ESE	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 NE	0.7 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	7	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	9	6	9	9	9	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1701	3479	564	396	130	14	575	547	563	272	48	115	167	63	90	176	189	173	240	245	450	368
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:12AM 1.33			4:28AM 1.14	1:06PM 1.25		4:47AM 1.17	2:27PM 1.25		5:21AM 1.23	2:58PM 1.33		5:50AM 1.27	3:43PM 1.41	6:21PM 1.83	7:03AM 1.74	5:38PM 1.47		6:32AM 1.44	4:42PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		8:44AM 1.17		7:57PM 0.25	8:36AM 1.01		9:03PM 0.17	8:59AM 1.01		9:57PM 0.08	9:54AM 0.98		10:32PM 0.01	10:36AM 0.92		1:17AM -0.08		12:14PM 0.67	12:30AM -0.18	11:44AM 0.87		12:08AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	11	9	10	10	20	9	14	13	14	14	12	13	12	17	16	12	19	19	13	13	5	3
Low °C	9	9	10	7	20	8	12	13	14	12	9	12	10	14	16	9	15	16	10	10	5	2
Chill °C (?)	6	7	10	8	20	8	11	11	12	14	12	13	11	17	16	11	19	19	11	13	2	-1
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:51	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:32	-	-	4:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 E	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 N	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	7	10	10	10	10	13	7	7	7	10	9	6	9	9	9	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	-	11	10	13	6	3	12	13	13	10	12	4	-	9	10	11	9	9	6	6	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 W	-	1.9 WSW	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.9 NE	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	1.1 NNE	-	0.9 NE
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	-	4	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	-	-	6	-	2	3	6	-	8

	Tue		Wednesday 14								Thursday 15								Friday 16
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	1	1	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 ESE	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	7	6	6	7	7	8	8
Energy(?)	115	73	1041	1014	682	2989	1885	564	206	211	396	285	82	322	87	112	222	241	347	633	756	1139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:57AM 1.18	3:48AM 1.05		11:53AM 1.24						4:28AM 1.14				3:13PM 1.50				4:40AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)		8:41PM 0.59				6:17AM 1.03				8:34PM 0.28				7:39AM 1.01					10:09PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	7	11	10	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	6	7	10	20	12	10	10	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	4	9	9	7	7	7	10	9	7	7	5	3	6	8	20	12	8	8	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 S	0.1 E	2.0 SW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	7	7	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	7	10	6	6	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	11	11	11	10	5	7	13	10	5	5	4	10	-	9	9	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	-	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	3	3	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	8	-	6	6	7	7	8	8

	Tuesday 13	Wednesday 14
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba
Rating	1	1	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	2.0 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	8	9	10	9
Energy(?)	125	112	480	966	893	1447	1564	2000	1120	1058	2156	2205	914	1995	682	22	9	39	40	41	195	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												2:36AM 0.99	3:48AM 1.05								11:37AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)				6:52PM 0.38	7:37PM 0.39													8:23AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	9	8	17	2	5	6	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	9	11	9	8	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	8	16	-1	-1	0	8	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.0 SW	0.7 NNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	9	6	6	8	8	6	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	11	13	13	11	8	9	11	11	9	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.4 NE	0.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	0.4 N	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	4	3	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	3	5	5	-	3	2

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