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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	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Buma Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	1.1 NE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.7 SSE	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.3 SE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	1.8 ESE	3.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	12	11	9	6	6	8	13	10	5	7	9	8	8	7	9	9	8	9	-	10	10
Energy(?)	286	70	76	37	6	62	325	141	52	29	511	149	189	234	182	17	1220	642	270	0	735	3846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:30AM 1.37	1:55PM 1.33		4:24AM 1.24	2:33PM 1.38		4:48AM 1.34	2:37PM 1.42		5:25AM 1.27	3:53PM 1.39		7:25AM 1.86			8:59AM 1.68	4:45PM 1.43	7:55PM 1.87	7:36AM 1.35	5:43PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		8:29AM 1.01		9:15PM 0.20	9:10AM 0.93		9:27PM 0.14	9:31AM 1.03		11:46PM 0.16	9:58AM 0.99		12:38AM -0.15		12:52PM 1.03	11:44PM 0.08			2:46AM 0.18		12:36PM 0.92	1:00AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	14	10	20	11	13	17	16	14	18	18	20	16	7	11	10	10	13	11	8
Low °C	10	10	11	12	9	20	11	11	17	13	14	18	17	17	16	5	8	10	7	10	10	6
Chill °C (?)	10	12	11	12	8	20	10	13	17	16	13	18	18	20	16	4	9	8	7	11	8	4
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:23	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	1.6 SE	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.8 NW	0.4 NW	2.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	1.8 ESE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	5	9	6	6	6	13	6	5	7	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	5	11	5	7	9	14	5	10	11	-	5	13	12	11	9	9	7	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNE	-	1.1 NE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.2 NE	3.0 ENE	0.3 NW	1.2 NNE	2.5 E	0.3 N	3.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	-	6	3	3	-	8	-	4	5	7	-	-	-	-	5	9	4	6	10	4	10

	Tue		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Californias Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 ESE	1.1 NE	1.1 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	0.5 E	1.0 N	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	7	6	6	11	11	11	5	6	6	10	6	6	6	6	14	7	14	13	13
Energy(?)	107	222	286	581	316	219	44	46	66	63	276	95	64	123	181	9	69	217	109	417	389	249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:29AM 1.17			1:22PM 1.37					5:33AM 1.79			2:38PM 1.40	5:45PM 1.71				5:22AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		8:19PM 0.30				8:20AM 0.89									11:09AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	11	10	10	10	12	13	12	13	11	10	11	12	14	11	20	11	20	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	13	9	9	9	9	12	12	10	12	9	8	10	11	13	10	20	9	20	11	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	0.5 E	1.0 N	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	7	12	7	7	6	11	11	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	14	7	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	12	12	5	5	11	8	5	7	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	0.4 NNW	1.3 NNE	-	1.1 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	6	6	-	5	5	5	6	3	6	-	6	3	3	7	4	6	6	6

	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Californias Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 E	0.3 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	8	6	6	6	6	12	12	12	8	12	7	8	8	8	5	6	12	6	12	11	11
Energy(?)	89	17	67	87	134	180	82	66	91	35	95	138	48	48	48	6	14	85	9	81	79	79
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)															5:03AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)						8:29PM 0.34												8:18AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	11	13	13	8	20	10	20	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	10	9	9	9	8	10	12	13	5	20	8	20	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	8	12	7	8	8	8	5	9	12	9	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	15	8	12	15	-	-	8	6	5	6	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6

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