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

	Sat	Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	5	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 E	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	1.4 S	0.9 NE	1.9 NE	0.1 SE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NNE	1.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 SSE	3.5 S	2.1 SSE	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	8	10	9	6	6	14	8	10	10	8	13	8	6	9
Energy(?)	344	235	228	166	70	82	19	3093	1561	1319	332	106	432	16	1254	2536	567	78	23	1487	523	897
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:10AM 1.09	2:35PM 1.12		3:14AM 1.35	2:53PM 1.24		4:22AM 1.35	3:43PM 1.31		4:10AM 1.31	4:00PM 1.43		4:07AM 1.45		6:26PM 1.77	6:35AM 1.84		6:56PM 1.96	6:42AM 1.93		7:30PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		9:14AM 0.79		8:15PM 0.35	8:54AM 0.79		8:57PM 0.36	10:10AM 0.57		9:52PM 0.40	10:17AM 0.31		10:03PM 0.47	10:23AM 0.35	12:20PM 0.31	12:32AM 0.29		12:34PM 0.05	12:50AM 0.44		1:07PM -0.01	1:12AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	19	68	-	16	-	-	12	5	4	4	-	-	4	4	3	-	-
High °C	14	16	18	15	17	17	20	21	17	14	15	13	13	12	10	9	14	15	15	13	14	14
Low °C	13	15	15	15	17	15	16	20	15	11	14	13	12	11	7	8	12	13	12	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	16	18	14	17	17	19	21	15	12	15	10	11	10	6	6	13	15	15	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	2.5 S	1.4 S	0.5 S	1.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.8 S	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ENE	2.3 S
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	11	10	10	9	6	6	8	8	10	10	8	13	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.6 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	12	10	5	4	7	18	18	9	16	15	7	15	14	14	9	8	8	11	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.6 SE	1.4 SSE	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	1.1 NW	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.9 NE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 NNE	0.4 NW	-	0.8 SSE	3.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.2 NW
Period (s)	3	4	4	-	-	4	5	10	8	4	3	6	6	7	8	10	4	-	4	8	6	5

	Sat		Sunday 29								Monday 30								Tuesday 31
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.1 SE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	3.0 S	2.4 S	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	5	6	7	8	8	10
Energy(?)	853	683	689	335	308	311	254	240	227	202	176	150	200	169	74	56	120	229	382	1419	1230	3093
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:57AM 1.30				2:01PM 1.16					3:14AM 1.35				4:44PM 1.66				5:04AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)		8:33PM 0.19				8:40AM 0.80				8:39PM 0.34				8:54AM 0.79	10:53AM 0.74				10:40PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	11	23	36	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	15	14	15	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	17	16	19	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	14	14	15	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	17	16	19	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	4	10	-	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	7	-	-	-	11	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.7 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	3.0 S	2.4 S	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	7	8	8	10

	Saturday 28								Sunday 29
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	944	861	853	343	342	346	340	287	344	315	357	335	333	319	140	142	138	114	112	109	109	94
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												2:57AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)					7:19PM 0.37														9:58AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	14	14	14	14	16	14	15	14	15	14	14	13	14	16	16	17	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	13	13	13	13	15	13	14	13	14	13	14	13	14	16	16	17	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	12	12	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3

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