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

	Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Shida Chiba
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.1 N	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 SE	1.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	5	8	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	8	9	8	10	9
Energy	141	102	1	376	324	272	279	319	206	241	405	435	291	256	284	81	631	349	380	231	367	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 1.07	1:17PM 1.37	12:56AM 1.25	3:06AM 1.63	3:58PM 1.57	1:14AM 1.36		1:52PM 1.20		4:50AM 1.86	5:22PM 1.74		5:08AM 1.85	5:57PM 1.84		5:42AM 1.93			6:28AM 2.16		6:52PM 1.85	3:42AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)				9:29AM 0.66		6:37PM 0.61	7:47AM 0.57		10:40PM 0.60	11:16AM 0.31		11:10PM 0.61	11:38AM 0.11		11:14PM 0.71		12:19PM -0.03	11:27PM 0.84		1:16PM -0.18	12:19AM 0.89	11:04AM -0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	22	22	21	18	24	19	19	18	19	17	19	19	20	22	21	20	23	21	19	22
Low °C	20	19	22	22	21	17	23	19	18	18	18	15	17	19	19	21	21	18	21	20	18	21
Chill °C (?)	21	19	22	22	21	18	24	19	19	18	19	16	19	19	20	22	21	20	23	21	19	22
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	4:41	-	-	4:35	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:18	-	-	4:31
Sunset	-	6:31	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.1 N	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 SE	1.5 E	1.5 ESE	0.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	5	8	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	8	14	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 SE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	12	11	-	11	11	-	8	10	7	7	10	10	9	9	16	11	15	10	-	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.7 SSE	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	-	1.5 E	-	1.6 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	9	-	-	-

	Monday 11						Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 SE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9
Energy	104	143	103	275	277	266	328	237	566	512	778	411	284	501	500	276	226	244	309	278	208	310
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:50AM 1.02	2:21PM 1.41				12:45AM 1.31	3:35AM 1.66				3:32PM 1.46				3:57AM 1.65				3:27PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		8:04AM 1.02									9:33AM 0.72								10:10AM 0.51			7:32PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	2	4	7	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	18	20	19	20	22	18	18	17	22	22	22	22	23	19	19	23	23	18	24	24	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	20	19	20	22	18	18	17	22	22	22	22	23	19	19	23	23	18	24	24	18	18
Sunrise	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 SE	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	4	11	12	5	12	9	11	-	-	11	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	-	0.7 SSE	-	1.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	5	-	9	8	8	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 11	Tue
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.2 N	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.0 SE	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	5	10	10	10	5	5	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10
Energy	102	153	104	138	2	106	106	106	3	3	334	333	366	266	226	409	456	190	531	520	137	364
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								10:42AM 1.07				2:08PM 1.34										12:45AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	31	32	4	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	18	18	22	19	19	19	22	20	21	22	22	20	20	22	22	19	22	22	16	18
Chill °C (?)	18	16	18	18	22	19	19	19	22	20	21	22	22	20	20	22	22	19	22	22	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.0 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	10	4	11	12	5	11	11	11	5	5	6	6	6	11	11	6	5	11	5	5	3	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	1.0 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	-	-	1.6 E	1.7 E	-	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	5	5	9	5	5	5	9	9	10	10	9	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	5	8

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