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 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Shida Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ENE	2.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 NE	1.3 ESE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	15	14	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	7	13	7	7
Energy(?)	2740	2093	1420	1284	947	1265	888	604	547	705	696	591	554	630	394	369	553	268	247	125	182	169
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:32PM 1.20		6:08AM 1.80	5:27PM 1.87		4:28AM 1.31	4:09PM 1.39		6:23AM 2.05		7:11PM 1.86	6:48AM 2.08		8:05PM 1.97	8:07AM 1.94		6:11PM 1.41	8:36AM 1.93		9:34PM 1.78	5:56AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		10:19PM 0.10	11:54AM 0.66		10:03PM 0.10	10:16AM 0.39		10:35PM 0.12		1:02PM 0.17	1:21AM 0.14		12:59PM 0.25	2:06AM 0.41		1:37PM 0.01	11:51PM 0.62		3:05PM 0.14			12:58PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	3	15	-	1	-	12	-
High °C	10	10	18	16	15	20	14	18	17	19	13	10	15	10	10	20	16	21	15	20	11	14
Low °C	9	9	18	15	14	19	13	15	15	18	11	10	15	9	10	19	15	20	15	20	10	14
Chill °C (?)	8	9	18	16	15	20	12	17	17	19	11	8	15	7	8	20	16	21	13	20	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:20	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:28	-	-	5:37	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	2.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 ESE	0.6 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.5 E
Period (s)	15	14	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	7	14	7	13	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 E	0.1 S	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.9 NE	1.0 S	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	1.0 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	13	11	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	7	19	7	7	6	13	12	11	6	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	1.5 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	-	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.9 E
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	4	5	3	-	4	3	7

	Monday 16				Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kudaka Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	17	16	14	13	13	13	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	4634	4195	3033	2032	2093	2067	1864	1707	1441	1239	1111	1156	1135	1484	1415	690	734	1172	1023	1023	1076	1079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:10PM 1.80				4:09AM 1.25				5:55PM 1.69					6:06AM 1.77				6:45PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	10:03AM 0.68				9:30PM 0.12				11:28AM 0.72	12:01PM 0.49			11:38PM 0.26	12:30AM 0.25			10:09AM 0.58	12:43PM 0.50			10:14PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	18	14	9	10	9	10	15	18	18	15	15	18	18	15	13	20	20	20	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	18	14	8	8	7	8	15	18	18	15	15	18	18	15	11	20	20	20	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:47	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	14	14	17	16	14	13	13	13	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 N	1.1 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 N	0.3 N	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	5	6	6	16	11	11	11	11	-	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	4

	Monday 16														Tuesday 17
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kudaka Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	15	15	13	13	15	15	15	14	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	16	16	16	13	13
Energy(?)	5316	5107	2098	1300	3031	2740	2319	2968	1871	1413	2163	2322	2269	2725	2725	1978	1535	2691	2657	2657	1372	1351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						2:43PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		10:03AM 0.68													11:57PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	18	13	10	10	10	10	14	17	17	14	14	17	17	13	10	17	17	17	10	10
Chill °C (?)	14	14	18	12	8	8	8	8	14	17	17	14	14	17	17	13	8	17	17	17	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	15	15	13	13	15	15	15	14	12	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	16	16	16	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	5	5	16	16	13	13	13	13	16	17	17	14	14	5	5	13	11	5	5	5	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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