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

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	Thu		Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	1.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.8 SE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.0 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	7	13	12	7	8	7	6	7	8	7	8	10
Energy(?)	636	634	522	599	505	588	102	646	123	116	275	150	54	228	123	80	114	28	109	512	49	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:10PM 1.45		6:48AM 2.08		7:13PM 2.12	7:14AM 2.08		7:55PM 2.06	8:37AM 1.93		9:46PM 1.80	6:16AM 1.38		8:02PM 1.22	6:50AM 1.36		9:01PM 1.16	6:27AM 1.26	12:59PM 1.67		11:51AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		11:07PM 0.19		12:59PM 0.25	1:15AM 0.45		1:33PM 0.17	1:49AM 0.61		3:11PM -0.04			1:17PM -0.03	12:47AM 0.88		2:06PM 0.03	12:55AM 1.02				5:59AM 1.11	5:33PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	2	-	-	29	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	-	-
High °C	19	15	19	11	8	11	20	15	14	15	17	21	21	16	15	20	13	12	13	13	21	14
Low °C	17	12	18	9	5	7	20	14	11	14	15	21	21	15	14	20	11	11	12	10	20	13
Chill °C (?)	19	15	19	9	5	9	20	14	13	14	16	21	21	14	15	20	13	10	12	13	21	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:31	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	6:23	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:39	-	-	5:51	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:38	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	1.3 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 E	1.3 SSE	1.7 WNW	0.6 N	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 ESE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	14	14	15	6	14	13	13	8	12	11	12	7	6	7	7	6	8	7	8	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 NNW	1.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 NE	1.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	5	6	7	13	5	6	6	12	5	15	-	13	12	11	8	7	7	6	9	6	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.1 NE	-	1.5 E	0.7 NE	1.1 N	0.5 E	0.2 S	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SE	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 NE	0.2 ENE	1.0 NE	0.3 NNW	0.6 SE	1.3 S	0.6 N	-
Period (s)	7	6	-	6	6	7	4	5	5	3	7	4	4	4	4	4	6	3	4	7	5	-

	Thursday 19				Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sun
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ENE	2.5 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 N	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1381	1976	673	686	634	749	712	534	552	557	181	525	505	383	441	558	338	302	83	214	87	712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:33PM 2.11				6:48AM 2.08							5:35AM 1.40					6:11PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	10:59AM 0.28					12:43AM 0.33				1:52PM 0.01			11:40PM 0.30				11:40AM 0.20		5:01PM -0.07			12:56AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	17	17	15	15	13	12	14	19	19	19	8	7	8	5	7	12	13	13	13	20	14
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	15	15	12	11	14	19	19	19	6	4	4	1	5	11	13	13	11	20	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:49	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	6:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 NNW	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 N	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.5 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.3 S	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.9 SE	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.1 SE	0.4 N	0.1 SE	0.3 NNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	14	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	14	6	5	7	7	6	7	6	6	16	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 W	0.9 NNE	1.1 NE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	-	0.7 N	-	-	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	7	-	-	6	4	5	7	-	-	-	3	4	-

	Thursday 19	Friday 20
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	0.8 N	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	13	15	13
Energy(?)	1643	1553	572	589	618	636	648	663	427	427	185	800	808	486	751	662	486	995	51	441	314	634
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											7:42PM 1.98									4:57AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		10:47AM 0.24		12:26PM 0.38											11:07PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	17	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	18	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	11	18	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	17	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.6 SSE	0.2 W	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	8	8	8	13	13	13	8	6	13	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 S	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.2 W	0.9 S	0.6 NW	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	6	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.1 NNW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	0.8 N	1.2 NE	0.8 N	1.8 W
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	-	5	5	6	4	5	5	5	5	5	13	6	5	7	8

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