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

	Wed	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Yona Bay Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	0	3	3	4	4	4	3	1	2	1	0	3	4	3	3	4	2	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 NE	2.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 SE	1.5 SSE	3.5 SW	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	2.5 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.0 NNW	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 NNW	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE
Period(s)	6	5	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	7	9	7	8	8	8	9	10	9	8	9	10
Energy	12	54	404	606	1727	306	2016	55	387	39	12	50	652	383	477	1029	181	57	114	68	61	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:47AM 1.39	4:30PM 1.40		3:43AM 1.46	5:07PM 1.43		5:44AM 1.85		6:54PM 1.85	6:19AM 1.80		7:19PM 1.69	6:20AM 1.72		6:45PM 1.43	6:47AM 1.68		7:35PM 1.30	5:45AM 1.43		8:37PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)	2:28AM 0.55	10:10AM 0.26		10:02PM 0.73	10:26AM 0.20		11:22PM 0.68		12:09PM 0.18	12:34AM 0.85		12:37PM 0.15	12:47AM 0.89			11:46PM 0.92		1:41PM 0.24	12:21AM 0.97		1:02PM 0.08	12:55AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	34	21	21	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	25	-	-	-	5	1	2	4	-	-
High °C	15	16	17	18	15	16	17	20	20	17	20	22	22	19	21	20	17	17	14	18	18	20
Low °C	13	14	15	17	14	16	14	18	18	17	18	21	20	18	19	18	16	15	14	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	15	17	18	14	16	15	20	20	17	20	22	22	19	21	19	16	16	14	18	18	20
Sunrise	-	5:28	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	-	0.1 S	2.1 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 NNW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SE	0.7 NNW	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	6	10	-	13	8	8	9	6	10	5	7	9	10	8	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	4	12	10	9	10	7	11	10	10	-	-	9	10	8	10	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	2.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 SE	-	3.5 SW	0.4 NW	-	0.9 SW	0.2 NNE	1.3 S	2.5 S	0.3 NE	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	5	7	7	8	-	9	4	-	5	2	5	7	2	8	8	4	4	5	3	5	-

	Wed		Thursday 30								Friday 01								Saturday 02
	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	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.2 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	10	10
Energy	74	124	12	10	7	7	308	510	608	1243	730	2026	1421	1819	1338	1014	1059	205	1832	1534	1010	760
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:22AM 1.43				5:36PM 1.75				5:07AM 1.74					6:10PM 1.73			4:02AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)			9:30PM 0.67				10:44AM 0.19				11:41PM 0.59				9:55AM 0.20				10:32PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	-	-	-	3	15	8	3	2	3	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	19	14	13	13	13	13	17	15	17	16	17	18	19	16	15	15	14	15	14	16	19
Chill °C (?)	13	19	12	11	11	12	11	17	14	16	16	17	18	19	15	15	14	13	15	13	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-
Sunset	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	-	0.1 S	2.0 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	2.4 SSE	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	13	8	8	8	8	9	13	9	8	8	8	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.7 E	1.6 SSW	1.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	9	-	8	4	8	12	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	10	10	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	0.2 N	3.0 ESE	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSE	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.5 W	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	6	-	3	3	3	3	6	7	7	8	6	8	8	9	8	8	8	3	8	9	-	3

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	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	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	1.2 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	6	9	6	6	6	6	5	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	5	7	4	4	6	9	6	6
Energy	96	19	32	22	25	24	109	24	10	18	14	7	7	8	97	35	42	49	7	5	110	99
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)														4:43AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)																			9:57AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	2	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	18	16	15	15	17	15	15	15	12	14	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	19	18	15	13	13	16	14	15	15	10	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	12	12	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	5	9	6	6	6	6	9	11	6	11	10	11	11	11	7	7	11	11	6	5	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	6	9	-	-	13	13	11	8	10	8	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	8	9	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	1.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.0 NNE	-	0.8 NNE	0.5 N	0.9 NE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	6	6	2	2	3	3	5	5	-	5	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	2	2	6	6

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