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			Tue
	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	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Torami Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.2 SE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.4 S	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	11	14	13	14	14	16	13	14	15	15	14	15
Energy	210	292	348	236	396	683	579	250	1136	561	277	625	641	1265	1490	2874	1158	2517	3872	4469	3243	3765
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:58AM 1.29		4:11PM 1.61		3:24AM 1.62	4:45PM 1.55			3:59PM 1.30	2:12AM 1.37	5:41AM 1.98		7:25PM 1.75	6:30AM 1.92		6:39PM 1.66	5:58AM 1.95		7:35PM 1.89	6:17AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		6:39PM 0.75	8:15AM 0.41		9:23PM 0.84	10:08AM 0.40		9:59PM 0.91	8:57AM 0.23		8:50PM 0.94		12:52PM 0.24	12:50AM 0.96		1:21PM 0.21	12:00AM 0.97		12:47PM -0.00	1:00AM 0.95		12:52PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	33	38	23
High °C	22	21	24	24	24	23	24	21	25	26	22	24	25	24	27	27	21	22	22	24	22	20
Low °C	21	20	23	24	23	23	23	21	24	25	20	23	24	23	25	26	20	21	21	22	20	20
Chill °C (?)	22	21	24	24	24	23	24	21	25	26	22	24	25	24	27	27	21	22	22	24	22	20
Sunrise	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:05	-
Sunset	6:44	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 S	1.2 SE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.4 S	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	14	13	14	14	16	13	14	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	1.0 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.3 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	15	10	6	8	8	9	12	11	10	6	10	10	-	15	10	10	12	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	-	-	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.8 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E	-	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	-	-	6	7	8	7	-	8	8	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	10	10	-	5

	Tuesday 26				Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Fri
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.9 NE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	9	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	12	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7
Energy	222	210	184	296	292	334	312	348	226	236	303	506	396	331	231	683	657	579	227	279	250	589
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		1:37PM 1.05	4:04PM 1.46			1:18AM 1.28													3:14PM 1.24			2:23AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)				6:39PM 0.75				8:15AM 0.41	10:38AM 0.51				9:23PM 0.84				10:08AM 0.40				9:59PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	22	27	21	20	20	20	23	27	24	23	24	24	23	20	23	23	24	22	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	27	22	27	21	20	20	20	23	27	24	23	24	24	23	20	23	23	24	22	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.9 NE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.2 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	12	7	8	7	6	6	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	8	10	10	10	6	8	8	10	9	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	0.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	-	-	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	5	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	7	7	7	5	8	7	7	6	-	-	7

	Tuesday 26	Wednesday 27
	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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	222	222	222	219	224	210	210	272	184	313	298	296	292	292	292	235	311	334	315	310	312	328
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	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
High Tide / height (m)					1:37PM 1.05												1:18AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)										6:50PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	21	21	22	22	23	27	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	21	21	22	22	23	27	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 NE	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	6	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	-	10	10	10	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

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