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

	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Santos (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Shida Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	0	1	2	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.8 SE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	2.4 SE	1.6 ENE	1.9 E	1.8 E	2.0 SE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	16	14	7	7	6	9	8	12	8	6	10	9	8	8	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	12	132	971	652	130	507	341	49	57	290	119	161	780	430	716	637	815	630	556	612	563	471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:09PM 1.27	6:26AM 1.54		9:33PM 1.56	9:29AM 1.68		10:39PM 1.54	9:21AM 1.51		12:49AM 0.89	7:50AM 1.23			8:49AM 1.12		2:49AM 1.08	3:05AM 12:00PM 1.13 1.03			3:09AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		12:17PM 0.15	12:32AM 0.66		12:58PM 0.14		3:33AM 0.68	3:50PM 0.16		3:50AM 0.93	2:48PM 0.27	1:22AM 0.89		4:21PM 0.34				6:17PM 0.26	8:18AM 0.97		7:36PM 0.36	8:32AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	28	16	9	-	-	-	-	17	8	28	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	12	22	13	15	10	10	13	21	12	17	12	12	12	18	17	17	15	13	14	14	13	15
Low °C	10	21	12	15	10	9	11	21	12	16	12	11	11	17	14	14	13	12	13	14	12	14
Chill °C (?)	11	22	11	13	8	8	12	21	12	17	11	10	10	18	17	17	14	12	12	12	12	14
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:30
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:29	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	2.0 SE	0.7 NE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SE	0.4 N	0.6 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSE	2.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.9 E	1.8 E	2.0 SE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	4	5	7	11	6	9	8	5	8	10	8	6	8	8	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 S	0.7 ESE	0.2 E	0.5 SE	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	16	14	11	8	11	11	10	7	4	10	4	9	9	8	-	-	11	12	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	-	0.7 NNE	0.8 NE	-	0.5 N	1.8 SE	0.7 E	-	0.9 NE	1.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	7	7	-	4	6	-	4	6	10	-	5	8	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22						Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Santos (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Shida Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	1.9 SE	0.4 ENE	1.9 SE	1.9 ENE	1.6 SE	1.0 SSE	3.0 SE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	15	11	7	13	8	7	7	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	200	131	154	14	88	431	81	416	756	258	127	1142	280	415	507	470	409	424	238	250	218	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	6:00AM 1.40					8:50PM 1.70	9:13PM 1.68			8:14AM 1.71				7:58PM 1.15				6:50AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)				12:44PM 0.14				2:30AM 0.55				2:07PM -0.01				1:07AM 0.73				1:47PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	-	-	5	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	14	12	14	17	21	12	13	13	10	16	10	9	9	9	9	11	13	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	13	10	13	17	21	11	12	12	10	16	8	7	7	7	7	9	12	12	11	12
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	1.9 SE	0.6 SSE	1.9 SE	1.7 E	1.6 SE	1.0 SSE	3.0 SE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	15	11	7	5	8	7	7	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 S	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	16	4	15	6	15	13	13	-	8	12	11	14	11	11	11	10	5	6	8	9	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NNE	1.9 ENE	0.5 N	-	0.7 ENE	-	0.5 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 N	0.8 NE	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	7	3	-	11	-	3	4	4	6	6	3	5	-	-

	Sunday 22	Mon
	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	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Santos (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Shida Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 SE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SE	0.6 E	1.0 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	16	12	-	14	4	13	4	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	11	11	11
Energy(?)	203	175	200	14	131	0	146	19	52	19	117	308	147	132	102	107	109	109	29	87	87	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:56AM 1.39	6:04AM 1.55													7:12PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)																						12:17AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	11	9	11	16	21	16	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	6	10	16	21	15	14	14	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 S	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 E	1.0 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	4	12	6	14	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	4	13	12	-	-	-	15	5	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	4	4	4	-	-	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	5

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