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

	Mon		Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Oiso Jetty Kanagawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.2 S
Period(s)	10	10	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	7	8	7	12	11	14	14	13	14	15	16	15
Energy	238	440	200	268	267	248	254	591	947	672	291	566	483	84	241	231	1262	1356	1231	1579	3603	2149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:16AM 1.32		1:06PM 1.18	12:48AM 1.35		2:33PM 1.13		3:30AM 1.62	4:44PM 1.55			4:29PM 1.33				7:25PM 1.75	5:23AM 1.92		6:39PM 1.66	5:34AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			7:23AM 0.53		6:29PM 0.76	8:15AM 0.41		9:23PM 0.84	10:10AM 0.40		9:59PM 0.91	9:03AM 0.20		10:51PM 0.92	9:56AM 0.06		12:50AM 0.96		12:10PM 0.15	12:00AM 0.97		12:14PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	20	22	23	21	23	23	23	24	25	21	22	28	19	22	24	24	25	23	20	25	24
Low °C	23	20	21	23	20	22	23	23	23	23	21	22	27	16	21	23	22	23	23	19	23	22
Chill °C (?)	25	20	22	23	21	23	23	23	24	25	21	22	28	19	22	24	24	25	23	20	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:56	-
Sunset	7:12	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	7	7	9	12	6	8	10	14	13	14	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 N	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	10	11	6	10	10	10	10	6	9	8	12	15	12	11	14	6	11	11	11	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	0.7 NNE	0.6 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	7	8	8	-	8	7	4	4	4	4	11	-	-	-	-

	Monday 25				Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thu
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ESE	2.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	8	10	8	9	8	10	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	12	8	7	7	7	7
Energy	251	238	455	212	440	210	823	200	334	268	306	379	267	307	272	248	266	254	774	689	591	512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:51PM 1.41				2:21AM 1.55				1:06PM 1.18				1:18AM 1.28				2:33PM 1.13	3:42PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			5:50PM 0.66	7:03PM 0.69				7:23AM 0.53				8:36PM 0.79				8:15AM 0.41	10:38AM 0.51				9:23PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	25	20	20	20	19	22	21	22	23	22	22	21	20	20	22	26	23	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	26	25	20	20	20	19	22	21	22	23	22	22	21	20	20	22	26	23	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 E	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 S
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	10	8	8	7	7	12	8	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	0.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	16	10	6	11	11	10	6	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 E	-	-	1.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	2.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	8	5	8	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	7	7	7

	Monday 25														Tuesday 26
	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	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Takegashima Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.6 E	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	9
Energy	950	611	251	241	238	238	240	216	455	454	212	212	409	204	440	449	233	210	201	362	823	823
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						2:51PM 1.41										12:16AM 1.32		2:21AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)									5:50PM 0.66		7:03PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	4	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	26	25	25	25	24	24	20	20	21	20	22	20	20	20	20	19	20	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	23	26	25	25	25	24	24	20	20	21	20	22	20	20	20	20	19	20	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	6	10	10	11	6	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 E	1.6 E	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	9	9	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

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