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 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	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	Steps Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Lena Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	2.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	9	9	8	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	5	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Energy	268	382	201	288	212	81	49	70	125	146	138	125	56	32	738	1486	671	543	289	220	200	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:33AM 1.57		4:20PM 1.69	1:58AM 1.46		4:55PM 1.66	1:08AM 1.45		5:05PM 1.41	1:50AM 1.50		5:01PM 1.36	7:03PM 1.80	3:14AM 1.53		7:06PM 1.94	6:02AM 1.89		6:24PM 1.43	6:49AM 1.96		7:47PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		8:21AM 0.50		8:21PM 0.95	9:00AM 0.24		7:39PM 0.98	8:36AM 0.09		8:37PM 1.04	9:23AM -0.04		12:25AM 0.92	10:41AM -0.11	12:06PM -0.11	12:34AM 0.96		1:02PM 0.04	11:00PM 1.08		1:27PM 0.01	12:44AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	2	-	17	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
High °C	22	21	24	20	21	23	21	23	23	22	22	22	25	22	21	21	22	24	19	25	23	23
Low °C	20	20	24	19	20	22	20	22	23	21	22	21	24	21	21	21	22	24	19	23	23	22
Chill °C (?)	22	21	24	20	21	23	21	23	23	22	22	22	25	22	21	21	22	24	19	25	23	23
Sunrise	-	4:37	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 E	0.7 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.4 SE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 E	0.4 SSW	1.4 E	0.3 S	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	8	9	9	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	6	5	9	9	9	7	8	6	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 E	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	15	6	7	9	15	-	7	8	7	10	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 SW	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	-	0.6 SE	1.1 ENE	2.4 ESE	-	1.8 E	-	1.2 E	0.9 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	7	-	7	4	7	6	6	-	5	8	9	-	9	-	8	4	3

	Wed		Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	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	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Steps Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 NE	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSE
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	8	7	7	6	7
Energy	201	290	268	344	562	382	252	201	94	354	288	283	219	212	209	81	61	57	49	48	55	70
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				1:33AM 1.57					4:11PM 1.67			1:58AM 1.46					4:02PM 1.32			1:08AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)						8:21AM 0.50	9:32AM 0.49			8:21PM 0.95				9:00AM 0.24	9:13AM 0.25							8:36AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1
Temp. °C	23	18	21	20	23	20	24	24	24	20	20	19	20	20	21	22	22	20	20	20	21	22
Chill °C (?)	23	18	21	20	23	20	24	24	24	20	20	19	20	20	21	22	22	20	20	20	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-
Sunset	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.2 ENE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.8 SW	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	8	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	7	7	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.5 S	-	0.3 E	0.7 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	6	9	8	12	-	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	6	6	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 NE	-	1.4 NE	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	7

	Wednesday 10	Thursday 11
	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	Corners Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Marinas Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	8
Energy	422	203	201	200	289	290	221	220	268	274	338	344	526	537	562	562	515	382	382	262	252	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:22PM 1.60										1:33AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)																		8:21AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	22	18	18	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	23	23	23	20	20	21	23	24	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	22	18	18	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	23	23	23	20	20	21	23	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	9	9	11	8	8	8	12	12	12	10	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	-	-	-	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	7	7	7

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