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 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			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	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Takegashima Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kudaka Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	7
Energy	408	376	242	242	200	306	309	203	306	275	200	496	529	524	424	250	232	203	240	204	201	525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:20PM 1.49		3:05AM 1.42		6:26PM 1.96	3:08AM 1.54			4:17AM 1.49		7:55PM 1.85	7:37AM 2.08		9:07PM 1.77	8:16AM 1.91		9:58PM 1.68	9:03AM 1.80		9:07PM 1.29	6:26AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 0.07		9:31PM 0.69	9:58AM -0.11		11:58PM 0.86	10:21AM -0.07	12:35PM -0.02	10:25PM 0.98	11:27AM -0.26		1:23AM 0.88		2:45PM -0.06	2:33AM 0.86		3:13PM 0.03		3:23AM 0.92	4:05PM 0.18	1:33AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
High °C	17	19	17	20	22	21	22	23	20	22	22	20	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	21	23
Low °C	16	18	16	19	21	19	21	22	17	21	21	20	24	24	23	23	24	22	23	24	17	22
Chill °C (?)	16	19	17	20	22	21	22	23	20	22	22	20	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	21	23
Sunrise	4:37	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:31
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 S	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	11	8	10	8	10	10	8	5	-	-	9	5	5	5	-	12	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	-	0.3 NE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	7

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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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Takegashima Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E
Period(s)	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9
Energy	244	687	230	408	354	376	279	620	242	535	212	242	278	200	200	202	306	308	240	309	326	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		2:35AM 1.34	4:25AM 1.84				5:27PM 1.73				3:05AM 1.42								3:08AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	10:46PM 0.74				9:20AM 0.07				9:31PM 0.69				12:00PM 0.04				11:58PM 0.86				10:41AM -0.22	12:35PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	15	19	16	17	19	20	18	17	20	16	19	23	22	21	19	19	19	18	21	23	23
Chill °C (?)	19	13	19	15	16	19	20	18	17	20	16	19	23	22	21	19	19	19	18	21	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.7 SE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	9	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	-	7	12	12	9	11	9	9	10	8	9	11	11	10	11	8	8	11	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	1.6 E	0.6 NE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	-	1.5 E	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	9	4	9	9	9	8	9	-	6	7	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 15
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Monabe Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	273	231	244	231	225	687	585	225	230	238	224	408	408	356	354	354	338	376	425	302	302	278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						2:35AM 1.34		4:25AM 1.84													5:13PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		10:30PM 0.64											9:20AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	19	19	15	15	19	19	18	20	16	17	17	17	17	18	19	17	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	19	13	14	19	19	18	20	15	16	16	16	16	18	19	16	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	7:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	11	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	6	9	10	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 N	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	9	9	3	4	4	3	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6

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