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 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kudaka Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Asakawa Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	1	0	2	5	5	4	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	0	2	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.1 S	0.7 SE	2.1 SSE	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	2.5 S	1.7 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.1 NE	1.3 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.7 S	2.0 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	12	4	6	10	9	10	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	4	9	9	9	10	9
Energy(?)	227	181	6	16	319	3487	2186	1221	319	59	81	46	805	307	73	171	25	1102	2451	2836	1473	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			3:14AM 1.35	2:44PM 1.28		3:31AM 1.39	3:15PM 1.38		4:37AM 1.48	4:34PM 1.47		4:38AM 1.47		6:33PM 1.93	6:17AM 1.93		6:56PM 1.96	6:36AM 1.79		7:30PM 1.77	5:03AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		8:15PM 0.35	8:54AM 0.79		8:57PM 0.36	9:25AM 0.63		9:32PM 0.41	10:40AM 0.40		10:37PM 0.47	10:53AM 0.32	5:30PM 0.28	12:33AM 0.53		12:15PM 0.04	12:50AM 0.44		1:05PM 0.23	1:15AM 0.70	11:51AM 0.18	12:13PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	14	58	6	6	-	-	26	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	-
High °C	19	16	15	18	19	21	18	14	17	21	13	17	10	10	17	14	15	13	21	18	17	16
Low °C	17	14	14	17	16	20	17	12	17	20	12	14	10	9	15	14	14	12	19	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	16	14	17	18	21	16	12	16	21	12	17	7	8	17	13	14	10	21	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:22	-
Sunset	5:57	-	-	6:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	2.5 S	2.3 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	2.0 SSE	-	0.2 ENE	1.9 SSE	1.9 S
Period (s)	10	9	4	-	18	18	10	10	10	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	11	9	-	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.3 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.6 S	0.3 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	12	-	11	18	16	16	8	6	7	6	8	7	8	7	7	8	-	14	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	-	0.7 SE	2.1 SSE	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	1.3 WNW	-	1.7 SW	0.5 N	0.7 N	2.1 NE	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.7 S	1.8 W	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	6	10	9	5	-	6	4	4	7	-	3	-	4	7	9	9	10	10

	Sunday 29				Monday 30								Tuesday 31								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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.3 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	3.0 S	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	4	4	4	6	8	8	10	9	10	9	9	10	11
Energy(?)	261	227	193	201	181	174	160	163	84	19	31	33	267	1206	2099	3213	1245	4919	1032	783	1668	1902
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:12PM 1.22					3:14AM 1.35				3:04PM 1.35		9:53PM 2.08		5:04AM 1.81				5:10PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)				8:39PM 0.34				8:54AM 0.79	9:46AM 0.73								11:02AM 0.47				9:32PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	39	9	6	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	17	16	15	15	14	15	18	18	18	17	15	18	21	20	21	21	15	13	17	15
Chill °C (?)	18	19	17	16	15	15	13	15	18	17	17	16	15	18	21	20	21	21	14	12	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.1 S	-	-	1.6 SSW	0.3 ENE	2.3 SSE	0.1 SE	1.8 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	3.0 S	2.3 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	-	-	6	11	8	18	8	10	9	9	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	2.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	4	5	5	5	7	12	9	6	18	9	-	11	17	17	16	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 W	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.3 S	4.0 SSW	-	0.6 NNW	3.0 SW	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	4	4	4	5	8	8	10	9	10	-	3	11	-

	Sunday 29														Monday 30
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	3	11	3	10	10	11	10	5	9	9	10	9
Energy(?)	259	266	261	265	214	227	210	196	113	13	8	11	1	105	82	7	97	44	42	42	160	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					1:12PM 1.22								9:09PM 1.88							4:51AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)												8:53PM 0.36		10:21PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	18	19	19	18	17	16	18	18	18	16	14	16	15	16	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	18	19	19	18	17	16	18	18	18	16	14	16	14	16	13	14	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	7	7	-	10	10	8	10	8	5	5	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	8	-	-	-	4	4	11	12	11	9	9	5	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 S	-	-	0.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	5	-	-	5	-

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