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

	Wed	Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Uchiboso Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Lena Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	8	11	10	10	10
Energy	251	267	217	235	477	440	281	646	246	538	277	497	331	1097	423	270	248	211	273	234	214	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:19AM 1.61	5:15PM 1.77		4:09AM 1.78	4:26PM 1.49		4:44AM 1.83		6:12PM 1.98	5:42AM 1.92	5:59PM 1.42	6:40PM 1.85	5:36AM 1.80		7:29PM 1.82	4:56AM 1.49		8:20PM 1.74	7:13AM 1.89		9:47PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	9:08PM 0.64	9:44AM 0.35		10:30PM 0.64	10:40AM 0.19		9:31PM 0.69	11:21AM 0.02		11:53PM 0.82			12:09AM 0.92		12:31PM -0.12	12:52AM 1.00		12:06PM -0.09	1:36AM 1.06		2:37PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	23	20	21	18	18	22	21	18	22	20	21	20	19	20	23	22	23	23	22	22
Low °C	17	19	22	19	21	17	17	21	20	17	21	20	20	18	19	18	22	20	20	23	22	21
Chill °C (?)	18	20	23	20	21	18	18	22	21	18	22	20	21	20	19	20	23	22	23	23	22	22
Sunrise	-	4:50	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.5 E	1.2 E	1.5 ESE	0.8 SE	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	9	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 ENE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	11	9	9	11	10	8	11	-	-	-	-	8	10	10	11	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	1.3 E	1.5 E	-	1.7 E	1.1 ESE	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	2.3 ESE	-	-	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	-	0.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	9	9	-	8	8	-	-	9	-	8	-	-	4	5	-	2	4	4

	Wed		Thursday 14								Friday 15								Saturday 16
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Uchiboso Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period(s)	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	8	8	9	8	8	8
Energy	266	565	251	270	289	267	329	217	221	227	235	506	224	477	16	440	372	287	281	659	679	646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:16PM 1.75				3:19AM 1.61				5:15PM 1.77				4:17AM 1.91				5:27PM 1.73				5:07AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		7:54PM 0.54	9:08PM 0.64								10:30PM 0.64				9:30AM 0.19				9:31PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	18	17	17	17	19	20	23	22	20	20	15	18	21	17	18	20	19	17	17	18	21
Chill °C (?)	21	18	17	16	16	19	20	23	22	20	20	15	18	21	16	18	20	19	17	17	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 SE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	8	8	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	8	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	7	11	6	9	11	9	9	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.3 E	-	1.3 E	0.4 NE	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	-	-	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	10	-	9	3	9	8	-	-	8	8	8

	Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy	210	266	266	260	554	565	565	251	251	261	267	270	270	280	289	283	267	267	267	329	329	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:27PM 1.54	4:16PM 1.75											3:19AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)					7:54PM 0.54														9:44AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-

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