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

	Tue	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	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	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Izumi Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Tainohama Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	4	4	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	0.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.5 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	10	6	14	14	15	13	15	16	15	16	16	16	16
Energy	282	340	207	347	280	618	173	1002	1106	77	292	742	1283	2242	1011	1786	1794	2271	5020	3967	4529	9500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:58AM 1.29		3:42PM 1.68			4:27PM 1.36			4:18PM 1.40				7:25PM 1.75	6:30AM 1.92		6:39PM 1.66	5:09AM 1.65		7:23PM 1.76	5:55AM 1.79		7:51PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		8:15AM 0.41		9:30PM 0.86	8:23AM 0.34		9:59PM 0.91	9:08AM 0.24		10:52PM 0.93	9:56AM 0.06	12:52PM 0.24	12:50AM 0.96			12:00AM 0.97		12:14PM -0.01	12:51AM 1.01		12:52PM 0.01	1:11AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	19	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	10
High °C	21	24	23	22	22	21	22	24	23	23	22	25	23	26	27	22	23	25	22	22	22	22
Low °C	20	23	23	21	22	21	21	24	23	21	22	24	23	24	24	20	22	23	21	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	21	24	23	22	22	21	22	24	23	23	22	25	23	26	27	22	23	25	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	4:28	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:28	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 S	1.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.5 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	6	7	8	7	7	8	7	10	11	14	14	15	13	15	16	15	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	1.0 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	10	10	7	7	10	8	6	9	9	5	7	10	10	-	11	11	10	11	10	11	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 S	-	0.7 S	1.8 SSW	-	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	-	1.2 ESE	0.6 NNE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	-	-	-	0.7 SE	-	-	1.5 ESE	2.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	4	7	-	8	7	-	6	4	4	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	7

	Tue		Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s)	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	8	6	7	7	7	7	9	7	8
Energy	129	296	282	340	321	340	219	207	310	567	347	304	244	280	234	618	388	422	173	214	380	1002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:48PM 1.47			1:18AM 1.28									3:20AM 1.85				3:49PM 1.37			1:47AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		6:39PM 0.75				8:15AM 0.41	9:47AM 0.54				9:30PM 0.86			8:23AM 0.34	9:54AM 0.39				9:59PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	3	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	21	20	20	20	23	23	23	23	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	22	22	21	22	22	24
Chill °C (?)	27	21	20	20	20	23	23	23	23	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	22	22	21	22	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:30	-
Sunset	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 S	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	8	7	7	6	6	8	6	7	8	9	7	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	1.0 E	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	7	10	7	7	10	8	10	8	8	13	10	6	11	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	1.5 S	0.1 S	1.5 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 E	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	-	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	7	6	4	4	7	7	7	-	7	7	8

	Tuesday 26	Wednesday 27
	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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.2 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	9	7	10	8	6	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Energy	126	223	129	220	99	296	292	292	282	364	272	340	315	305	321	328	342	340	339	202	219	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:48PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)				6:56PM 0.68														8:15AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1
High °C	27	23	27	21	21	21	21	20	20	23	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	23	24	23	23	24
Chill °C (?)	27	23	27	21	21	21	21	20	20	23	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	23	24	23	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.7 E	0.8 W	0.7 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.7 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	12	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 ESE	0.7 S	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	7	4	8	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6

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