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

	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	12	16	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	866	1380	2054	1637	1738	1425	962	1830	1574	2277	2327	1653	1714	1602	1515	1432	1341	1250	688	1022	777	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:39PM 1.74		5:16AM 1.82			5:10AM 1.70			5:19AM 1.57		7:23PM 1.88									9:00PM 1.45	7:43AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)			11:17PM 0.39	11:26AM 0.21			11:26AM 0.10	12:01PM 0.03		11:57AM 0.09	1:31PM -0.15	1:08AM 0.56		2:27PM -0.12						12:47PM 0.07	2:09AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	22	17	15	21	20	14	13	13	14	17	17	16	18	18	17	19	21	19	20	20	15	21
Low °C	20	15	14	20	16	12	11	13	14	16	16	15	17	17	16	18	20	18	19	17	14	19
Chill °C (?)	22	16	14	21	20	14	11	12	13	16	17	16	18	18	17	19	21	19	20	20	14	21
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.4 E
Period (s)	12	16	15	14	16	15	15	10	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	1.7 SSE	0.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	18	6	9	18	-	13	12	15	11	10	11	12	10	10	-	10	11	10	-	10	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 ESE	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NNE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.8 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	6	4	7	5	5	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4

	Wednesday 15						Thursday 16								Friday 17
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.3 SE	1.7 SSE	2.3 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	18	13	13	16	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Energy(?)	1061	1171	1031	1207	2414	1551	1944	1625	3543	1447	2555	1909	1755	1251	1425	1529	1465	1415	1582	1167	1068	1030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	-	high	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)														6:50PM 1.96								6:14PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			11:03AM 0.31				10:32PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	16	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	24	22	23	17	16	15	18	16	17	22	21	19	21	12	13	14	16	19	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	20	24	22	23	17	16	14	18	15	17	22	21	19	21	11	13	14	16	19	15	15	14
Sunrise	5:47	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.3 SE	1.7 SSE	2.3 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	13	18	13	13	16	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.5 WSW	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	-	0.2 E	1.1 E	0.7 NE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	1.0 E	0.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	18	5	17	16	-	15	5	6	17	7	-	-	7	7	13	13	13	-	7	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	1.4 NNE	0.7 N	-	-	1.6 NE	1.0 NNE	-	0.9 NE	0.7 NNE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	5	5	-	4	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	7	6	-	5	5	5	6	7	11	6	5

	Wednesday 15	Thu
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SSE	1.5 ESE	1.3 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	17	12	17	12	17	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15
Energy(?)	1692	523	788	800	1406	984	886	1023	1510	1611	2171	1463	1855	1430	2414	2384	2235	2208	1691	1362	1554	1495
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								10:53AM 0.42													11:02PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	20	24	19	19	17	18	17	21	17	19	24	23	21	24	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	24	19	19	17	18	16	21	17	19	24	23	21	24	17	16	16	16	17	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SSE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	17	12	17	12	12	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SE	-	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SSW	1.1 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	20	20	5	16	12	18	17	7	5	16	-	5	-	-	5	5	6	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	1.1 SE	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.6 W	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	0.9 N	0.9 N
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	4	4	5	-	4	4

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