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

	Thu		Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Golfcourse Kyu Shu
Rating	2	1	1	1	0	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.9 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	4.5 S	3.5 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.4 SE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	2.5 WSW	0.6 E	-	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	13	5	7	9	8	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	-	9	8	8	9
Energy(?)	763	195	103	32	18	606	3300	1714	643	624	429	360	309	101	244	644	79	0	67	107	117	102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:05PM 1.36		4:55AM 1.37	5:32PM 1.37		5:11AM 1.36			5:03AM 1.48		6:40PM 1.30	6:21AM 0.23		7:19PM 1.22	5:49AM 1.41		9:57PM 1.53	8:33AM 1.67		10:24PM 1.33	8:26AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		10:55PM 0.40	11:21AM 0.13		11:27PM 0.46	11:42AM 0.04		11:24PM 0.73	11:51AM 0.18	12:55PM 0.20	11:51PM 0.81	10:35AM 0.19	2:19PM 0.04	12:11AM 0.88		1:24PM 0.28	2:58AM 1.04		3:54PM 0.27	2:51AM 1.14		4:11PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	33	30	8	-	-	-	-	16	14	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
High °C	12	11	16	17	16	20	20	18	17	18	17	19	18	15	16	18	15	14	17	14	16	19
Low °C	12	10	15	17	14	19	19	16	17	16	15	16	15	14	15	16	11	14	17	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	10	16	17	16	20	20	17	17	18	17	19	17	15	15	16	15	12	16	12	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:26	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.3 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 NE	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.4 SE	0.8 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	1.4 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	6	10	-	10	10	9	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	1.2 NW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW	-	-	-	0.1 E	1.2 SW	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.1 NE	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 WNW	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	7	13	7	-	-	-	15	10	15	8	11	6	7	13	7	7	4	5	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	-	1.4 NW	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	4.5 S	3.5 S	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	2.5 WSW	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	7	4	5	7	9	8	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	7	2	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 02				Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sun
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	4	4	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	5	4	4	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.2 S	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 NE	1.0 NNE	0.6 NE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	5	4	9	10	6	9	9	9	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1017	1005	251	665	332	246	188	115	116	136	100	72	62	84	61	49	3396	2765	2309	5008	4773	1238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:12PM 1.35				4:51AM 1.36				5:27PM 1.39				4:50AM 1.43					7:30PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	10:46AM 0.19				10:59PM 0.38				10:52AM 0.25	12:01PM 0.26								1:07PM -0.01				1:11AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	12	13	11	10	10	13	15	16	15	18	17	16	16	15	20	20	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	12	9	8	9	12	14	16	14	18	17	15	15	14	20	20	17	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.2 S	1.8 SW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 NE	1.0 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 SE	0.3 ESE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	5	8	9	10	11	8	9	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.0 SSE	0.1 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.9 WSW	0.5 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW
Period (s)	6	8	14	8	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	6	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	1.5 S	0.8 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	6	6	6	9	9	9	10	10	-

	Thursday 02	Friday 03
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	4	4	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	5	4	4	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 S	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.9 SSE	1.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	6	7	8	8	9	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	2276	2831	401	3175	833	763	748	582	463	98	416	13	22	270	270	57	16	16	17	48	38	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								4:40PM 1.45														6:15AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		10:45AM 0.17												10:41PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	13	12	12	13	12	12	16	11	14	14	11	11	12	13	13	13	11	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	11	9	13	11	11	12	10	10	13	9	13	13	10	9	12	12	12	12	10	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.9 SSE	1.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.2 NNE	0.7 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	6	14	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	-	3	8	8	9	6	6	6	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	3.5 W	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	10	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-

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