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

	Mon		Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 ESE	1.2 SE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 SE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.4 E	1.9 ESE	2.4 E	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	6	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	102	200	289	415	242	368	544	322	240	217	378	280	311	187	75	248	273	940	512	921	613	433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:32AM 1.66		2:41PM 1.56	2:46AM 1.53		2:02PM 1.16		4:19AM 1.78	4:39PM 1.77	2:35AM 1.34		5:24PM 1.91		4:45AM 1.74		6:07PM 1.75	5:53AM 1.93		7:16PM 1.88	6:06AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	5:34PM 0.55	7:41PM 0.67	7:12AM 0.65		8:13PM 0.61	7:59AM 0.46		9:08PM 0.64	10:49AM 0.29		8:49PM 0.63	9:09AM 0.19		10:53PM 0.75	11:25AM 0.01		11:40PM 0.78		12:04PM -0.07	12:47AM 0.83		1:06PM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	6	2
High °C	19	17	19	21	18	18	20	19	23	22	17	18	22	19	22	21	19	22	22	20	18	20
Low °C	19	15	18	20	17	18	18	18	21	22	15	16	21	18	21	21	17	22	21	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	17	19	21	18	18	20	19	23	22	16	18	22	19	22	21	19	22	22	20	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:20	-	-	4:35	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	6:31	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 ESE	1.2 SE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.8 SE	0.2 E	0.3 SE	-	1.9 ESE	2.4 E	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	7	10	6	9	10	-	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	-	12	11	7	7	7	-	9	16	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	-	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.4 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	3	-	-	-	9	6	-	7	7	9	-	-	-	-

	Monday 11				Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thu
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 E	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	103	101	260	266	225	237	256	223	332	367	273	512	508	320	267	244	433	517	517	544	556	300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	10:50AM 1.02					12:45AM 1.31				12:48PM 1.04	3:32PM 1.46			1:14AM 1.36	3:57AM 1.65			2:07PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)								8:53AM 0.82												7:54PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	20	18	18	17	17	20	19	19	22	19	19	16	22	18	18	19	19	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	18	18	17	17	20	19	19	22	19	19	16	22	18	18	19	19	18	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 E	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	9	11	10	10	10	10	8	11	8	9	8	8	12	10	10	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 11	Tuesday 12
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	1.8 E	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE
Period(s)	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9
Energy	105	105	239	104	104	102	102	153	155	155	384	260	266	327	870	222	250	283	283	230	236	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:50AM 1.02															1:03AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)									5:53PM 0.44			8:35PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	21	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	21	18	19	18	22	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	21	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	21	18	19	18	22	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	1.5 E	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.1 N	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	11	11	9	5	8	11	11	11	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	5	5	5	5	-	6	6	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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