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 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	4	3	3	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	3.5 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 E	1.4 E	1.9 E
Period(s)	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Energy	535	727	480	207	289	209	301	228	216	94	66	128	164	109	159	1790	882	1185	814	868	371	642
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:37AM 1.41		3:22PM 1.60	12:17AM 1.28		1:55PM 1.11	1:58AM 1.46		4:02PM 1.32			4:08PM 1.31	2:24AM 1.45		5:01PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.87	5:30AM 1.95			3:57AM 1.53		6:49PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		8:27AM 0.69			8:21AM 0.50		8:21PM 0.95	9:13AM 0.25		9:30PM 0.99	9:14AM 0.15		9:10PM 0.96	9:57AM -0.10		11:58PM 1.01			10:48PM 0.99	11:20AM -0.20		11:42PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	27	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	20	23	23	18	21	22	20	21	22	23	21	22	21	21	21	20	25	21	21	22	22	21
Low °C	19	23	23	17	20	21	19	20	22	20	20	21	20	21	21	20	23	21	20	21	22	20
Chill °C (?)	20	23	23	18	21	22	20	21	22	23	21	22	21	21	21	20	25	21	21	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	0.8 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	-	2.4 E	0.1 SE	2.3 ESE	2.1 E	1.4 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	9	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	15	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.3 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 E	-	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	16	11	8	8	4	7	8	7	6	7	8	7	8	7	6	-	15	-	9	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.7 N	1.2 NNE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	3.5 E	-	2.5 ESE	1.3 N	0.9 N	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	9	-	9	5	4	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	252	267	535	581	980	727	548	480	243	208	207	217	287	289	288	209	77	382	301	291	250	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:22AM 1.46								1:33AM 1.57				1:55PM 1.11	4:38PM 1.70			1:58AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	4:21PM 0.65					8:27AM 0.69				7:49PM 0.82				8:21AM 0.50				8:21PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	30	23	4	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	19	23	23	23	23	22	21	18	20	19	20	21	22	23	20	20	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	23	23	23	23	22	21	18	20	19	20	21	22	23	20	20	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:30	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 SW	0.8 E	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	6	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 N	0.4 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	7	16	16	8	8	11	7	8	7	6	8	11	4	4	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 S	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	-	0.7 N	0.8 N	1.2 NNE	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	8	8	-	7	7	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Mera Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.3 SW	1.2 E	1.2 SW	0.8 S	1.1 E	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	245	310	252	291	210	267	201	237	535	458	236	581	3388	3132	980	910	823	727	657	633	548	328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										12:37AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)				6:01PM 0.77														8:27AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	12	16	2	10	12	1	-	1	3	4
High °C	21	20	20	21	17	20	17	17	19	19	20	19	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	21	17	20	17	17	19	19	20	19	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.3 SW	1.2 E	1.2 SW	0.8 S	1.1 E	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 E	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.7 ENE	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	7	9	7	16	7	7	16	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	7	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	0.5 NNE	0.9 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 NW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	5	7	4	4	8	8	3	8	9	9	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7

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