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 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	Buma Okinawa	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Oku Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Torami Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	3	2	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 N	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.2 NE	0.7 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 NNE	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.5 WSW	0.4 NE	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	11	8	8	5	9	17	15
Energy(?)	416	243	117	172	652	229	181	149	240	72	209	382	209	785	327	50	695	929	8	43	29	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:59AM 1.13	12:03PM 1.24		4:27AM 1.24	4:42PM 1.80		4:56AM 1.31	2:48PM 1.38		5:16AM 1.36	3:45PM 1.45		5:51AM 1.37	4:35PM 1.49		6:09AM 1.36	4:39PM 1.53		6:34AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		7:07PM 0.22	6:54AM 1.10		10:49PM 0.28	8:57AM 1.07		9:03PM 0.08	9:50AM 0.98		10:05PM 0.03	10:20AM 0.91		10:40PM -0.02	11:06AM 0.76		11:17PM 0.01	11:20AM 0.78		11:42PM 0.02	11:57AM 0.62	12:32PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	light snow	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	7	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	5	2	5	4	5	6	4	16	6	6	7	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	16	9	10
Low °C	15	2	1	3	1	3	6	2	16	5	4	5	8	5	6	8	6	7	8	16	6	9
Chill °C (?)	13	2	-2	4	2	2	4	0	16	4	4	6	5	4	7	8	3	4	7	16	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	6:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.7 NE	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.4 NNE	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NE	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.5 N	0.3 NE	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	7	12	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	12	7	7	11	11	11	5	6	5	3
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 S	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	13	8	12	5	12	12	12	8	13	13	12	16	12	11	8	15	-	8	9	17	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 N	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	-	1.2 NE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	7	5	-	12	-	-	3	4	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	8	8	-	4	-	7

	Wednesday 28				Thursday 29								Friday 30								Sat
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.9 N	0.5 NE	1.5 N	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	1.4 WSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	7	8	13	8	7	12	12	6	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	7
Energy(?)	357	379	320	232	466	140	295	384	183	172	257	837	652	220	254	257	205	215	178	218	236	472
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	10:22AM 1.24						4:51AM 1.52			12:03PM 1.24					4:27AM 1.24			1:03PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				7:07PM 0.22	9:35PM 0.43							8:25PM 0.18				8:57AM 1.07					9:20PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	light snow	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	5	4	15	2	14	1	2	5	6	4	3	2	1	3	5	6	6	4	4	5
Chill °C (?)	4	6	2	1	14	-2	13	-4	-2	4	6	3	-1	-3	-3	-1	2	6	6	0	0	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.5 NE	1.5 N	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 NE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	9	13	8	7	7	7	12	7	7	8	9	8	12	12	12	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 S	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	6	12	12	-	7	9	12	12	12	11	12	5	12	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 NE	1.9 N	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 NE	-	-	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 NE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	2.2 W
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	8	7	5	7	-	-	6	7	12	8	8	3	-	-	-	7	3	7

	Wednesday 28	Thursday 29
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.8 N	1.5 NE	1.8 N	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.4 SW	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	6	-	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	7	7
Energy(?)	80	196	357	355	417	379	416	346	320	293	10	0	256	210	178	190	194	194	177	185	124	289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:22AM 1.24																	3:48AM 1.20	4:09AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)											7:12PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	7	7	15	7	15	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	7
Chill °C (?)	3	4	4	5	13	6	13	4	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-3	-2	-1	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	9	8	9	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	5	5	13	13	13	13	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	4	6	6	6	6	6	10	12	12	12	14	12	12	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.8 N	1.5 NE	1.8 N	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.8 W
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7

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