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 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			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	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Torami Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba
Rating	4	2	1	1	1	0	5	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	1	2	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.1 NNE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.7 SE	0.9 SW	1.6 W	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	13	4	7	8	8	10	9	8	9	7	9	9	8	9	7	6	9	8
Energy(?)	3375	820	195	169	43	27	803	1771	1139	2849	699	647	324	130	2665	1424	919	83	133	258	79	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:57PM 1.53		4:39AM 1.42	5:42PM 1.35		5:11AM 1.36		6:17PM 1.29	5:31AM 1.35		6:33PM 1.35	6:24AM 1.42		8:16PM 1.24	5:45AM 1.44			6:11AM 1.36		9:26PM 1.11	9:05AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	10:45AM 0.17		10:48PM 0.55	11:06AM 0.24		11:22PM 0.48	11:42AM 0.04		11:52PM 0.54		12:16PM 0.04	11:47PM 0.82		1:24PM 0.21	1:10AM 0.84		2:49PM 0.10	1:07AM 0.09		2:05PM 0.37	1:08AM 1.02	3:30AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	15	47	10	-	-	-	-	17	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	15	18	16	20	19	18	19	20	16	18	15	15	17	18	14	14	16	15	15
Low °C	12	12	10	15	16	14	19	18	17	19	19	15	17	13	15	15	18	9	13	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	14	18	15	19	18	17	18	20	15	18	15	14	17	17	13	13	15	15	14
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:18
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.1 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 NE	2.1 SSE	2.1 S	1.3 SE	1.0 SW	0.8 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	7	4	13	-	10	10	9	8	9	7	8	8	9	9	7	6	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.1 SE	0.8 NE	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	4	14	8	9	7	6	10	-	-	10	-	10	8	8	8	10	13	6	8	8	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	1.4 WNW	-	0.6 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 S	3.5 S	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.4 NE	1.0 WNW	1.6 W	-	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	8	3	7	-	4	7	8	8	10	-	8	-	-	9	9	8	4	6	6	-	5

	Thursday 02								Friday 03								Saturday 04
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Malibu Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 NE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.6 NE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.5 NE	0.7 S	0.8 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	13	6	10	3	4	9
Energy(?)	574	655	2663	2904	1449	1165	614	647	314	230	215	133	169	173	207	156	52	79	89	30	27	3117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:22AM 1.39				5:05PM 1.36				4:56AM 1.30								4:50AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26PM 0.32				10:45AM 0.17				10:59PM 0.38					12:01PM 0.26							11:50AM 0.19	1:25PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	14	19	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	10	10	10	12	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	14	17	20
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	12	10	11	10	11	8	8	10	12	15	16	16	15	15	14	15	12	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	2.3 SSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	0.1 SE	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.6 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	3.0 S
Period (s)	7	8	8	9	14	9	9	9	8	8	9	7	8	8	9	10	10	6	10	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	1.1 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	9	14	6	6	6	14	8	8	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	10	13	6	10	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.7 E	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	8	5	8	9	9	3	3	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	6	6	3	4	9

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	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Malibu Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	2.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	14	14	14	9	8	6	9	9	9	7
Energy(?)	370	307	336	329	475	525	769	1927	2663	2813	3684	734	19	12	12	785	102	23	604	259	259	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								4:37AM 1.27													5:12PM 1.49	6:42PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)															11:32AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	5	7	6	6	5	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	15	16	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	17	16	16	10	18	15	11	12	12	17
Chill °C (?)	13	10	14	15	11	9	10	9	11	11	11	12	15	14	14	8	18	15	10	12	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.5 NE	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.4 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	2.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	1.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	6	6	7	7	6	8	8	8	9	9	14	7	7	9	8	6	9	9	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.6 SSE	-	0.8 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	8	8	14	9	6	6	6	6	-	14	14	8	7	-	8	14	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	0.8 N	-	1.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NW
Period (s)	5	4	8	8	4	4	7	7	8	9	9	-	10	10	10	9	5	-	8	3	3	2

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