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

	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	4	4	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.7 ESE	2.4 SE	1.1 SE	3.5 SW	2.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.3 SE	2.4 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	0.1 NE	1.9 SW	0.5 ESE
Period(s)	7	8	6	6	11	8	8	8	6	7	8	9	8	7	9	5	6	9	8	9	8	11
Energy	43	42	302	200	29	10	83	51	219	575	151	1985	990	191	114	67	507	790	1096	3	757	78
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	off	on	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:24PM 1.23	2:27AM 1.38	5:12AM 1.72	5:46PM 1.67		7:13AM 0.52	5:34PM 1.71		4:53AM 1.67	4:47PM 1.34		4:02AM 1.36	5:38PM 1.32		4:28AM 1.48		7:44PM 1.78	4:52AM 1.48		8:31PM 1.58	7:52AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			8:16PM 0.61	11:32AM 0.32		9:30PM 0.67			11:05PM 0.66	11:23AM 0.19		10:28PM 0.63	10:48AM 0.01		11:06PM 0.72	11:25AM 0.11	1:01PM 0.09	1:12AM 0.86	11:56AM 0.13	1:59PM 0.13	1:50AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	22	41	4	1	-	-	-	22	13	31	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	19	18	22	23	24	22	17	19	16	17	18	21	19	14	20	22	20	21	19	17
Low °C	18	19	19	18	18	22	23	21	15	18	16	15	17	19	17	14	19	19	19	20	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	20	18	18	22	23	24	22	16	18	16	15	18	21	19	12	20	22	20	21	18	17
Sunrise	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	6:31	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 NE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	1.4 SSW	0.1 NE	1.9 SW	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	9	9	5	8	8	5	13	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	10	9	8	9	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.6 NNW	-	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	1.0 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	8	10	11	8	10	7	8	-	13	-	12	10	8	10	-	-	-	8	-	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	-	0.7 SE	0.8 S	-	1.7 ESE	2.4 SE	0.4 NNW	3.5 SW	2.0 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SE	2.4 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	0.8 E	0.6 NE
Period (s)	7	-	6	6	-	4	4	-	6	7	3	9	8	7	7	5	6	9	8	9	10	5

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	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Unnamed Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 NE	0.7 ESE	0.6 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW
Period(s)	7	7	7	9	8	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8
Energy	252	89	78	55	52	44	101	78	211	62	488	198	357	153	85	22	86	57	12	73	74	51
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		2:05AM 1.34													3:51PM 1.23				3:22AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)					10:56AM 0.47				9:55PM 0.56				9:19AM 0.32				11:05PM 0.58					12:02PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	1	-	1	1
Temp. °C	14	15	16	20	21	21	20	18	19	17	18	20	19	18	18	15	15	16	13	24	23	22
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	20	21	21	20	18	19	16	18	20	19	18	18	13	14	15	11	24	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 E	1.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	7	9	8	7	5	5	6	6	7	9	6	9	9	6	6	6	6	8	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 N	0.3 SE	-	0.1 N	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.4 E	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	8	-	5	12	8	8	9	9	9	8	11	-	11	9	8	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	0.4 NW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 E	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 NE	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	3	7	7	6	6	6	3	6	6	3	4	5	-

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	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Unnamed Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 SE	1.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period(s)	7	7	7	9	9	7	4	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	8	12	4	8	8	8
Energy	145	159	252	82	74	48	29	31	56	56	112	111	111	84	50	31	59	50	44	38	37	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)						2:39AM 1.36													3:02PM 1.28		5:04PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)												8:46AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	20	20	16	15	17	16	16	17	18	19	19	18	19	25	25	21	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	20	20	16	14	17	16	16	16	18	19	19	17	18	25	25	21	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	9	9	7	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	5	7	-	7	6	6	8	7	7	7	7	-	12	12	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	7	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	2	-	-	7	6	4	3	4	4	-	-	-

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