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

	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Corners Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nomozaki Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.9 SE	2.4 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 NE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	2.4 SSW
Period(s)	9	8	9	9	7	8	8	7	8	6	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	9	8	8	9	8
Energy	382	231	328	203	58	122	91	212	113	91	109	126	452	1252	614	298	357	212	241	225	215	636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:38PM 1.70	1:58AM 1.46		2:58PM 1.27			3:58PM 1.36	1:50AM 1.50	5:15AM 1.97	5:01PM 1.36	2:44AM 1.50	5:22AM 1.97		6:53PM 1.81	5:21AM 1.81		7:58PM 1.97	4:09AM 1.56		7:07PM 1.41	9:47AM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)			8:21PM 0.95	9:00AM 0.24		9:30PM 0.99	8:36AM 0.09		8:37PM 1.04			9:35PM 1.06		12:15PM -0.05	12:12AM 0.99		12:06PM -0.30	1:22AM 1.05	11:43AM -0.09	1:27PM 0.01	11:48PM 1.05	4:18AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	9	2	6	1	44
High °C	22	25	20	22	22	23	23	24	22	26	22	21	19	21	20	21	21	23	23	22	22	21
Low °C	21	24	20	20	22	21	22	23	21	26	21	21	18	20	19	20	21	22	21	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	25	20	22	22	23	23	24	22	26	22	21	19	21	20	21	21	23	23	22	22	21
Sunrise	4:37	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:22	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:22	-	-	5:11
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 NE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	9	8	8	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	7	6	9	6	6	15	15	9	8	8	5	6	6	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.1 SW	0.5 SSE	-	-	2.4 ESE	0.4 N	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 S	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	3	-	7	4	7	4	-	-	8	3	-	6	-	-	-	4	8

	Thursday 11						Friday 12								Saturday 13
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8
Energy	577	382	225	231	201	377	328	282	231	203	41	58	49	63	122	89	89	91	117	212	232	113
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					3:06PM 1.48			1:58AM 1.46				2:58PM 1.27					3:06AM 1.69				3:58PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		8:21AM 0.50				8:21PM 0.95				9:00AM 0.24					9:30PM 0.99			8:36AM 0.09	9:27AM 0.15			8:37PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	21	22	25	23	20	20	20	21	20	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	22	22	24	23	22
Chill °C (?)	24	21	22	25	23	20	20	20	21	20	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	22	22	24	23	22
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	7	8	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	9	7	7	10	8	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	-	-	0.9 NE	-	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	-	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	3	3	-	4	7	8	5

	Thursday 11	Fri
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Gomoda Shikoku	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	251	537	577	402	382	382	382	225	225	138	266	231	231	201	201	201	403	377	377	377	328	329
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						8:21AM 0.50												8:21PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	24	24	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	25	25	25	23	23	22	21	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	18	24	24	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	25	25	25	23	23	22	21	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	-	8	8	7	7	8	8	-	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-

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