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

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	Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Fri
	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	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Izumi Chiba
Rating	2	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	3	4	2	2	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.1 E	3.5 W	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 WSW	0.8 NE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	12	7	10	8	9	10	8	9	9	9	10	5	11	14	14	13	13	7	12	11
Energy(?)	266	75	78	124	2	1630	664	251	114	124	101	136	68	4	36	371	531	512	377	21	198	175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:29PM 1.28	10:32AM 1.82		8:19PM 1.17	8:08AM 1.43		9:31PM 1.03	8:36AM 1.42		10:33PM 1.03		12:31PM 1.48	2:54AM 1.28	9:57AM 1.38			3:59AM 1.13	12:39PM 1.28		4:38AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)		1:41PM 0.58	1:56AM 0.32	4:09AM 0.43	4:41PM 0.63	2:26AM 0.47		3:15PM 0.48	2:37AM 0.73		3:54PM 0.47	2:35AM 0.90	6:18AM 0.80		7:55PM 0.32			7:10PM 0.33	6:54AM 1.10		8:21PM 0.08	8:28AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	6	14	9	7	6	6	15	8	5	5	7	9	7	6	8	7	5	8	6	6
Low °C	5	6	5	14	7	5	4	5	14	7	5	4	5	8	4	5	8	3	3	7	3	3
Chill °C (?)	6	6	5	13	4	1	3	3	14	6	3	4	6	6	6	3	8	6	4	5	3	2
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	4:57	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 NNW	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	2.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	1.7 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	10	9	9	10	8	9	9	9	10	9	8	14	14	13	13	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	-	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.8 NE	0.3 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	10	10	12	10	-	11	10	8	9	12	8	10	4	5	11	5	8	8	8	7	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	1.9 SW	3.5 W	0.6 NE	-	0.4 NE	2.5 WNW	-	0.8 NE	-	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 NE	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	0.7 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	6	8	8	-	4	8	-	9	-	6	8	6	-	-	8	-	-	4

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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	Amatu Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Torami Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.6 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 E	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	8	8	8	12	8	8	11	11	11	7	7	10	8	7	9	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	215	565	779	507	466	466	81	395	621	55	46	46	111	80	72	288	75	488	360	1125	282	505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					9:59AM 1.84			7:29PM 1.28				7:43AM 1.44	10:11AM 1.61			7:38PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)		1:11AM 0.26				1:39PM 0.57				1:08AM 0.38					4:37PM 0.39			2:06AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	3	3	4	13	14	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	14	13	14	6	5	4	3	5	5	6
Chill °C (?)	3	0	1	11	13	5	4	4	3	2	1	2	13	12	13	2	1	0	-2	1	1	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.2 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 NE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 E	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	0.1 NE	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	10	8	9	8	11	7	7	10	8	7	9	9	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 NNW	0.3 ENE	-	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.8 NE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	7	11	-	6	7	10	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	1.1 SW	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NNE	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	0.3 NNW	2.5 WSW	0.6 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	6	8	-	8	8	8	-	8	5	-	3	8	8	9	2	9	4	-

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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	Amatu Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Torami Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 N	2.2 N	1.8 WSW	0.5 SE	1.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.6 N	1.5 N	0.9 ENE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	2.5 W	0.6 SW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	7	10	7	8	10	10	10	8	8	7	10	10	10	8	7	8	8
Energy(?)	223	178	396	858	779	388	101	657	150	72	71	71	467	415	161	99	11	9	109	733	114	752
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											7:19AM 1.44		9:38AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)																	1:35PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	2	4	14	13	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	13	14	14	6	6	6	7	7	6	7
Chill °C (?)	0	0	1	12	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	13	13	5	4	3	5	1	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	5:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.6 N	1.5 N	0.9 NNW	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	10	13	11	11	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 WSW	2.3 N	2.2 N	1.8 WSW	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	2.5 W	-	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	9	9	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	3	4	4	-	7	-	8

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