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

	Sun	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tacos (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ikei Island Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Osaki Point Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.7 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	0.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 NNW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 NE	0.9 E	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.0 S
Period(s)	9	7	7	9	8	8	6	7	10	5	7	9	9	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	7
Energy	545	212	379	82	110	34	270	192	73	122	146	47	53	122	183	242	122	125	105	147	73	880
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:30AM 1.59	3:05PM 1.55		3:38AM 1.54	4:00PM 1.70	2:58AM 1.20	3:23AM 1.35	4:32PM 1.41	2:49AM 1.42		3:58PM 1.36		6:04AM 1.81			5:56AM 1.80		6:35PM 1.67	5:40AM 1.67		6:07PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		9:35AM 0.78		9:48PM 0.64	9:55AM 0.55		8:38PM 0.43	9:38AM 0.42		8:54PM 0.67	9:26AM 0.30		9:28PM 0.73		12:34PM 0.15	10:07PM 0.79		12:25PM 0.03	12:05AM 0.80			11:17PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	1	5	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	44	2	2	1	17	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	11
High °C	18	18	17	20	19	19	19	20	20	22	21	15	14	17	21	18	20	22	21	19	22	20
Low °C	16	18	15	19	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	14	14	16	20	17	19	21	17	19	20	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	20	18	19	18	20	20	22	21	14	12	17	21	16	20	22	21	19	22	20
Sunrise	-	4:58	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.7 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 NE	0.4 NW	1.1 NNW	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	-
Period (s)	9	7	7	9	7	8	9	9	10	8	7	9	9	5	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.9 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	11	6	12	5	8	4	8	8	9	7	10	9	9	10	5	6	8	8	5	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	0.7 N	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 NE	1.1 E	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 N	2.4 N	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	1.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	6	3	-	-	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	7	6	7	-	2	5	4	5	7

	Sun		Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.5 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ESE	1.2 E	1.9 SSE	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.8 S	0.3 SE	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	9	8	9	9	6	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	9	8	7	12	5	6	6	6	6
Energy	712	1017	545	504	248	214	590	567	316	348	105	83	79	55	54	127	63	50	87	61	260	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:08AM 1.48			1:51PM 1.13				2:05AM 1.34				2:35PM 1.20	4:36PM 1.63				3:08AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		8:48PM 0.56								7:31PM 0.56					10:56AM 0.47				9:55PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	31	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	16	18	19	15	19	17	17	17	15	15	15	16	20	21	20	20	19	20	18	18	20
Chill °C (?)	20	16	18	19	14	19	16	16	17	15	15	15	16	20	21	20	20	19	20	17	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-
Sunset	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	0.1 SE	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	0.1 SE	1.2 E	1.9 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	13	9	9	12	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	9	8	8	7	5	6	6	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	-	0.3 S	0.4 NE	1.0 ESE	1.0 S	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 N	0.3 SE	0.5 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 NE
Period (s)	11	13	11	5	-	5	12	7	7	6	8	8	7	5	8	7	12	8	8	8	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	2.5 ESE	-	-	1.7 ESE	-	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	-	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	6	8	-	-	6	-	7	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	6

	Sunday 26								Monday 27
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 E	3.0 ESE	1.9 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	0.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s)	10	9	9	9	6	9	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	10	10	13	8	8	7	7	6	7
Energy	799	1459	614	706	197	594	120	165	130	251	252	255	280	162	163	305	147	172	235	187	40	570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)											1:42AM 1.30			4:07AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)						8:22PM 0.52													9:22AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	2	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	17	19	20	17	18	18	18	16	17	17	17	17	19	19	18	17	19	14	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	21	16	19	20	16	18	18	17	14	17	16	16	16	19	19	17	17	19	12	13	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	0.1 SE	1.9 E	2.0 E	0.1 SE	1.9 E	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	0.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	10	13	9	9	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	13	8	8	7	7	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	11	7	13	11	-	13	8	7	7	8	12	12	12	4	4	12	5	6	12	12	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 SW	3.0 ESE	-	0.2 WSW	1.6 ESE	-	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.4 SE	-	-	0.5 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 NNW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	6	9	-	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	-	-	3	4	3	7

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