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.

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Japan Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Japan Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Japan Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Japan Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Japan Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Japan Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Japan Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Japan Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Japan Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Japan Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	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	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 E	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.2 S	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 E	0.6 SE	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	18	16	8	14	10	10	6	8	6	8	9	7	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	11
Energy(?)	116	121	264	267	42	29	57	175	109	273	274	519	277	148	247	176	340	492	74	1704	935	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:53PM 0.23		6:16AM 1.85	2:32PM 1.39		5:57AM 1.33		6:52PM 1.83	6:31AM 1.34	4:20PM 1.48		6:30AM 1.37		7:11PM 1.73	7:03AM 1.37		7:11PM 1.69	8:48AM 1.46		7:51PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	10:36PM 0.30	8:31AM 0.06		10:24PM 0.06	11:35AM 1.02		10:03PM 0.10	10:51AM 0.95	1:06PM 0.96	1:47AM 0.04	11:26AM 0.94		11:45PM 0.02	11:17AM 1.00	1:24PM 1.01	2:11AM -0.04	11:56AM 0.99	2:19PM 0.97	2:05AM 0.19		2:14PM 0.77	2:41AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	11	2	6	6	11	2	-	-	-	-	19	-	37
High °C	14	11	11	11	15	15	14	17	15	22	22	19	15	13	12	8	14	23	11	17	14	17
Low °C	9	10	11	11	13	14	13	15	15	20	21	18	14	12	11	6	9	22	10	16	11	14
Chill °C (?)	12	9	9	9	15	15	14	17	15	22	22	18	14	12	10	5	13	23	8	16	12	15
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:34	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 E	0.6 SE	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 E
Period (s)	7	6	16	6	10	10	6	8	10	8	9	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.8 ENE	-	0.5 NNW	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	18	16	6	14	6	4	9	14	12	10	9	14	11	5	4	6	-	7	18	-	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	-	0.4 E	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	2.2 S	1.5 NE	1.1 E	0.5 NW	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.8 NE	2.0 E	-	0.3 WNW	1.3 SE
Period (s)	-	6	8	6	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	7	7	5	4	3	5	7	9	-	3	5

	Wed		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katagai Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	1.7 W	1.1 NNE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 N	0.6 N	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.9 SE	2.1 SE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	5	8	8	6	6	6	8	8	7	7	14	14	13	13	10	10	12	10	6	6	7	8
Energy(?)	72	320	248	229	121	303	420	264	104	52	254	229	182	156	73	45	144	41	57	305	461	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:37PM 1.59				5:33AM 1.79			2:43PM 1.35	5:34PM 1.78				5:22AM 1.31									6:41AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		6:47PM 0.20				8:46AM 1.03					10:01PM 0.11				11:43AM 1.04				11:46PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	4	-
Temp. °C	13	5	4	14	10	9	10	11	19	20	11	11	11	11	16	15	16	17	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	3	1	12	9	7	8	9	19	20	10	10	10	11	16	15	15	17	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 N	0.6 N	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	4	8	8	11	6	5	8	16	7	7	6	5	13	13	4	10	12	10	6	13	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	-	-	9	8	16	16	6	6	9	14	14	5	5	10	4	11	4	9	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	-	1.7 W	1.1 NNE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.6 E	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	-	1.9 SE	2.1 SE	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	-	-	6	6	6	8	8	3	4	6	6	-	-	6	-	4	4	-	6	7	4

	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katagai Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 E	1.1 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	8	-	-	10	9	7	7	11	13	13	6	6	6	17	6	8	16	6	5	10	10	5
Energy(?)	41	0	0	9	34	145	145	49	6	6	117	117	109	118	121	30	190	111	55	20	20	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:37PM 1.59													4:12AM 1.30	5:40AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)						8:52PM 0.22			11:50PM 0.32	12:04AM 0.20										10:38AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	6	6	17	14	14	13	14	20	20	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	11	9	10	12
Chill °C (?)	14	5	6	15	13	12	11	12	20	20	7	6	6	6	9	7	6	9	9	5	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:55	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	7	11	9	11	11	11	9	9	6	6	6	7	6	8	7	6	10	6	6	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	-	-	10	3	13	13	10	13	13	10	10	10	17	8	10	16	10	5	10	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.5 NNE	-	1.4 WSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.1 NE	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	4	7	-	5	-	7	7	6	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	5	6	6	5	4	4	5

List of all animated swell maps

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None