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.

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Japan Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Japan Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Japan Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Japan Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Japan Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Japan Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Japan Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Japan Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Japan Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Japan Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30
	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	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	0	4	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	2	2	3	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 SE	1.7 E	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.3 S	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	7	8	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	6	8
Energy(?)	278	58	30	24	396	871	596	918	1837	523	447	462	464	432	860	500	441	331	210	281	121	1582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	glass	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:50AM 1.36		9:16PM 1.06	7:18AM 1.31		12:44AM 1.22	11:15AM 1.42						3:15AM 1.28	3:14PM 1.53		4:24AM 1.61	3:36PM 1.57		4:26AM 1.47	4:41PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	1:07AM 0.73		2:06PM 0.03	1:30AM 0.85		2:56PM 0.21		5:27AM 1.01			7:35AM 1.10		8:02PM 0.49	8:27AM 1.10		9:18PM 0.41	10:08AM 0.93		10:21PM 0.39	10:16AM 0.65		11:02PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	12	19	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	1	-	4
High °C	12	21	15	13	16	15	14	14	15	14	15	16	15	15	17	14	15	15	15	17	17	16
Low °C	10	21	14	13	15	13	14	12	14	12	14	15	13	14	17	12	14	15	14	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	11	21	14	12	15	14	12	13	14	13	15	16	15	14	16	13	15	14	15	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:06	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.4 N	0.5 E	0.4 SE	-	1.9 SE	1.7 E	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	6	7	8	-	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.3 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	6	6	7	-	-	8	-	-	9	10	10	10	14	14	11	11	10	-	12	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.3 E	0.4 NNE	0.2 SSE	2.2 ESE	2.2 SE	1.5 NNE	0.8 NNE	2.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	4	3	3	3	7	7	6	4	9	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	8

	Mon		Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	1	4	1	1	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.9 ESE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	201	294	324	280	277	203	58	58	65	219	62	206	53	12	82	1095	159	117	353	583	1286	1339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:07PM 1.18				6:55AM 1.31	9:29AM 1.68				10:31PM 1.36			7:16AM 1.45	10:21AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)				1:07AM 0.73					4:26PM 0.16			12:53AM 1.00	3:16AM 1.10				4:37PM 0.42				5:01AM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	2	3	9	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	10	9	11	21	22	22	12	12	12	14	12	21	16	11	12	12	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	8	7	9	21	22	22	11	12	10	14	12	21	15	9	11	10	11	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	1.0 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	0.6 S	1.4 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	6	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	1.7 E	-	-	1.1 SE	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	4	6	8	6	6	5	8	5	8	5	6	11	8	-	-	8	8	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SE	-	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.8 WSW	-	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	6	7	2	3	4	-	4	-	4	3	4	-	6	6	5	4	8	8

	Monday 23	Tuesday 24
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	1	4	1	1	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.3 SSE	0.9 NE	0.9 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	7	7	8	12	12	12	8	6	8	5	8	12	6	6	6	6	8	6	6
Energy(?)	164	200	201	245	282	275	65	64	64	253	50	237	75	103	73	6	57	57	43	68	149	149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)								10:02PM 1.52										8:29AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)										12:39AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	11	12	19	19	19	11	12	11	8	10	21	13	11	13	15	15	17	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	10	10	11	19	19	19	9	10	8	5	7	21	11	10	13	15	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	8	5	6	6	8	6	8	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	10	6	10	7	13	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 N	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	1.4 ENE	0.2 N	1.1 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	-	-	6	3	6	5	5	6	6

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None