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

	Sun		Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sun
	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	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Shida Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Takegashima Shikoku
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	2	2	2	3	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 S	1.6 SSE
Period(s)	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	6	7	14	14
Energy	556	581	822	553	435	297	297	210	317	274	252	764	574	1566	304	304	496	756	284	873	1055	1129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:10AM 1.59		12:46PM 1.35	2:14AM 1.56		2:43PM 1.48			2:46PM 1.14	1:18AM 1.37	3:04AM 1.61	4:45PM 1.55			5:25PM 1.61	2:53AM 1.42		5:07PM 1.36		4:05AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	5:52PM 0.63	6:10PM 0.64	7:57AM 0.84		7:42PM 0.74	8:50AM 0.67		8:59PM 0.85	9:19AM 0.52		7:24PM 0.84	9:43AM 0.37		9:59PM 0.91	9:30AM 0.24		9:30PM 0.93	9:30AM 0.16		10:09PM 0.85	11:22AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	32	-	2	1	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	23	22	21	23	23	22	21	22	22	25	26	22	26	26	23	25	26	22	24	26
Low °C	21	22	22	22	19	22	22	19	21	22	21	23	25	21	24	25	22	24	26	20	22	24
Chill °C (?)	22	22	23	22	21	23	23	22	21	22	22	25	26	22	26	26	23	25	26	22	24	26
Sunrise	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:41	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:33	-
Sunset	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:44	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 SSW	0.5 E	2.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	1.4 S	0.1 SE	1.8 SW	1.5 S	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	8	13	8	7	7	7	8	9	8	12	10	7	8	13	7	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	6	7	7	6	6	6	12	11	11	10	7	13	9	-	12	12	11	13	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	-	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	-	1.3 ESE	0.8 S	1.0 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	8	8	9	-	7	6	6	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	6	7	-	-

	Sunday 24				Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wed
	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	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba
Rating	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	2.3 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8
Energy	489	556	598	1245	581	1008	572	822	567	553	550	895	435	368	330	297	219	297	245	206	210	243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:09AM 1.31					1:37AM 1.53				12:46PM 1.35				2:14AM 1.56				2:43PM 1.48	3:15PM 1.49			12:58AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)				6:45PM 0.65				7:57AM 0.84				7:26PM 0.74				8:50AM 0.67				8:59PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	8	-
Temp. °C	23	22	23	21	22	20	19	22	23	22	22	21	20	19	20	22	22	23	22	22	20	20
Chill °C (?)	23	22	23	21	22	20	19	22	23	22	22	21	20	19	20	22	22	23	22	22	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.9 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	6	7	9	7	7	7	7	11	6	6	6	6	10	6	12	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 ENE	2.3 E	-	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	1.4 E	0.4 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	-	9	5	-	-	-

	Sunday 24	Monday 25
	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	Gomoda Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	641	641	425	470	556	556	518	611	598	598	598	1245	1257	581	581	522	511	1008	1018	1012	572	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	1:10AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)										6:10PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	18	22	22	22	22	24	23	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	22	18	22	22	22	22	24	23	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	2.3 E	2.3 E	-	-	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	-	8	8	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	8	8

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