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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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

	Tue 27		Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 1			Monday 2
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	S 8	ESE 9	NE 8	N 8	N 8	SE 13	SSE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 14	ESE 19	ESE 16	SE 15	SE 15	SE 13	E 14	SE 13	ESE 14
kJ	107	153	34	51	368	190	111	845	1058	962	660	589	650	961	1833	2037	1933	1462	851	1033
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	N	NNE	ENE	E	NNW	WNW	WSW	W	WNW	N	SE	W	NE	W	SW	W	NNW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	4:23PM1.62m		7:27AM1.87m	4:53PM1.62m	8:04PM2.13m	9:21AM1.96m	5:25PM1.60m		7:51AM1.32m		6:36PM1.57m	9:03AM1.31m		8:27PM1.79m	10:50AM1.53m		6:50PM1.31m		1:00PM1.47m	11:05PM1.51m
Low Tide		11:13PM-0.04m			2:47AM-0.01m			00:17AM0.00m		1:11PM1.12m	2:24AM0.18m		3:28PM1.21m		3:35AM0.38m	4:08PM1.25m		6:23AM0.50m		6:24PM1.30m


mm	—	2	—	—	—	3	1	1	1	29	2	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—
Max °C	19	19	18	18	24	25	17	17	19	22	23	21	21	19	19	18	21	25	20	17
Min °C	18	16	15	17	22	25	17	15	19	20	21	19	20	16	17	18	19	24	17	13
Chill °C	19	19	18	18	24	25	17	17	19	22	23	21	21	19	19	18	21	25	20	17
	—	—	6:16	—	—	6:35	—	—	5:58	—	—	5:58	—	—	6:20	—	—	6:37	—	—
	4:51	—	—	4:50	—	—	4:47	—	—	4:52	—	—	5:27	—	—	4:58	—	—	5:09	—
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	S 8	ESE 9	NE 8	N 8	N 8	ESE 5	SSE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 10	ESE 16	SE 15	SE 15	NNE 12	E 14	SE 13	ESE 14
kJ	107	153	34	51	368	190	36	618	1058	962	660	210	410	961	1833	2037	14	1462	851	1033
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	NE 6	S 7	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 13	SE 13	SE 12	SE 15	SE 17	SE 14	ESE 19	ESE 10	SE 17	E 7	NNE 12	—	SSW 7	NNE 7
kJ	90	26	4	42	26	17	111	100	77	107	280	447	650	250	1185	130	14	—	131	36
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	—	N 3	—	ENE 5	E 7	ESE 5	SSE 8	—	—	—	SW 6	—	—	NNE 4	—	SE 13	—	—	NNE 7
kJ	38	—	7	—	39	81	64	845	—	—	—	46	—	—	16	—	1933	—	—	153
Sea °C	24	24	26	24	28	28	24	23	25	26	26	24	26	26	26	24	23	28	26	26
Diff °C	+1.6	+1.6	+2.4	+1.6	+1.1	+1.1	+1.6	+0.5	+2.2	+2.2	+2.2	+1.6	+1.4	+1.5	+2.4	+0.3	+0.5	+1.3	+2.4	+1.5

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