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

	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Sat
	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	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.4 E
Period(s)	9	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	7	9	10	8	9	9	8	9
Energy	213	250	357	211	299	242	202	278	234	204	277	286	257	222	839	505	240	659	1075	434	358	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:26PM 1.96	5:38AM 1.93			3:58AM 1.52		8:26PM 1.99	6:59AM 1.91		9:07PM 1.77	8:16AM 1.91		9:21PM 1.79	8:33AM 1.77		10:32PM 1.57	7:00AM 1.27		10:17PM 1.20	7:45AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)	10:01AM -0.08		11:58PM 0.86			10:25PM 0.98	11:20AM -0.11	2:16PM -0.13	1:54AM 0.88		3:03PM -0.13	2:33AM 0.86		3:13PM 0.03	2:35AM 1.14	3:06AM 1.07	4:32PM 0.18			2:43PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	23	21	23	21	20	22	23	22	22	24	23	24	24	21	20	25	19	19	19	18	22
Low °C	18	22	19	21	21	18	21	23	22	22	24	22	23	24	20	19	25	19	18	19	17	20
Chill °C (?)	18	23	21	23	21	20	22	23	22	22	24	23	24	24	21	20	25	19	19	19	18	22
Sunrise	4:37	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:28
Sunset	-	7:04	-	-	6:32	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	-	0.7 SE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 E	0.2 SSW	1.6 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	9	10	9	8	8	9	8	12	-	7	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	8	9	6	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	11	9	9	9	10	10	-	-	11	-	-	-	5	10	7	-	7	6	10	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	2.0 ENE	1.4 NE	-	1.7 ESE	2.0 E	1.7 E	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	8	9	9	-	-

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	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kojima Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Energy	256	239	231	213	69	250	188	227	357	336	335	211	223	299	264	245	242	249	210	202	278	278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:05AM 1.42					6:26PM 1.96			5:34AM 1.99								4:17AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	9:31PM 0.69				11:25AM 0.01				11:58PM 0.86				10:30AM -0.06				10:25PM 0.98					2:16PM -0.13
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	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	18	22	23	22	21	20	19	19	21	22	21	22	20	20	19	19	21	23	23
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	18	22	23	22	21	20	19	19	21	22	21	22	20	20	19	19	21	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	4:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	10	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	8	9	11	11	9	6	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	11	11	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8

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	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 SE	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy	255	253	256	254	241	239	215	220	231	201	204	213	279	69	69	239	239	250	267	67	188	204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							3:05AM 1.42															6:26PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	9:31PM 0.69														11:25AM 0.01
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	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	23	21	22	23	23	23	23	21	22	21
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	23	21	22	23	23	23	23	21	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.2 E	-	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	9	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-

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