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 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			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	Mera Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikei Island Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 NNE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	15	14	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	14	11	11	6	8	7	8	8	8	8	11	8
Energy(?)	1087	374	741	522	496	511	383	102	660	399	195	87	100	140	194	488	87	71	37	141	368	180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:31PM 1.37		5:15AM 1.39		7:13PM 2.12	7:20AM 1.91		7:55PM 2.06	7:41AM 2.04		9:35PM 1.79	6:16AM 1.38		8:07PM 1.18	9:51AM 1.65		9:16PM 1.06	6:48AM 1.46		12:35AM 1.44	7:19AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			11:07PM 0.19	11:24AM 0.15	12:59PM 0.25	1:15AM 0.45		1:33PM 0.17	1:49AM 0.61		3:11PM -0.04			1:17PM -0.03	1:07AM 0.73	3:57AM 0.71	1:56PM 0.19	1:30AM 0.85		2:39PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	17	15	19	10	9	11	20	15	15	21	14	13	15	13	13	14	11	22	13	14	16
Low °C	16	16	13	18	10	5	7	20	14	14	21	13	13	13	10	11	13	10	21	12	10	13
Chill °C (?)	14	17	15	19	7	7	9	20	14	14	21	12	12	15	12	12	12	8	22	12	14	16
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	6:33	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	6:23	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 E	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 S	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	14	15	14	15	6	14	13	13	9	12	14	11	5	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.8 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 NNW	1.2 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	1.0 NE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	5	6	7	13	6	6	6	12	5	6	15	11	11	11	7	8	7	8	9	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	0.6 NE	1.2 NNE	-	1.1 SE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.6 E	0.2 W	-	0.8 SE	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.3 NE	1.5 NNE	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	5	6	-	6	6	7	4	4	-	4	5	-	-	3	7	4	4	4	6	6	4

	Thursday 19						Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.5 ENE	2.3 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	7	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	7	12
Energy(?)	722	1077	1435	1217	682	692	532	749	602	537	515	544	468	553	511	241	415	557	270	332	78	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						6:33PM 2.11				6:48AM 2.08			5:48PM 1.42				5:36AM 1.39					6:11PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			10:47AM 0.24					12:43AM 0.33				1:52PM 0.01			11:40PM 0.30	2:15AM 0.25			11:40AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	12	15	16	17	15	15	13	13	14	19	19	10	9	8	18	5	7	11	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	19	10	14	16	17	15	15	12	12	14	19	19	8	7	6	18	2	5	10	13	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:50	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	6:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.5 ENE	2.1 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	13	7	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	13	13	13	13	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	1.3 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.6 SW	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	1.0 SE	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	0.6 NNW	0.6 SW	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	16	-	14	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	7	6	14	6	7	7	7	7	17	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.4 W	1.0 NE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	3	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	3	6	3	5	7	-	6	-	3

	Thursday 19	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	1.3 S	1.7 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.5 SW	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	13	6	14	6	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	817	126	1566	508	547	547	289	563	572	589	521	521	1823	979	918	377	807	783	632	1086	216	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														4:52PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)										12:26PM 0.38	1:14PM 0.12									10:41PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	14	17	17	15	15	17	16	17	17	21	21	16	14	14	18	13	12	12	11	13	11
Chill °C (?)	20	12	15	15	14	13	16	15	16	16	21	21	15	12	12	17	10	9	9	8	12	8
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.1 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 ENE	1.0 E
Period (s)	13	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 S	0.2 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	16	-	9	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	4	13	13	13	8	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 NE	1.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	-	6	7	6	7	7	6	7	7	6	4	4	8	4	4	5	4	5	5	13	6	5

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