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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	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 NNE	0.9 E	0.7 SE	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.4 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	1.7 SSE	2.2 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	14	11	7	8	9	8	8	9	8	10	6	10	8	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	352	291	180	133	192	86	569	415	655	608	111	164	68	205	257	270	205	266	892	428	1060	777
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:22PM 1.39	5:33AM 1.54		6:53PM 1.38	5:56AM 1.54		7:48PM 1.27	6:21AM 1.51		9:01PM 1.16	6:48AM 1.46		1:17AM 1.36	10:18AM 1.48			9:16AM 1.05			3:01AM 11:43AM 1.16 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)	11:56AM 0.01		12:11AM 0.44		12:17PM 0.15	12:11AM 0.77		12:58PM 0.14	12:35AM 0.90		1:47PM 0.19	12:55AM 1.02		5:51PM 0.43		4:46AM 1.19					6:17PM 0.35	8:35AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	16	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	22	14	10	10	10	15	14	14	14	12	10	13	18	13	15	15	16	16
Low °C	8	12	12	13	21	12	9	9	9	15	14	14	13	12	9	11	17	11	13	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	13	22	13	10	8	7	14	13	13	13	10	9	12	18	10	14	14	15	15
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	5:50	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:27	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:29	-	-	5:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 NNE	0.9 E	0.7 SE	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.4 SSE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	2.2 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	14	11	6	8	9	8	8	9	8	10	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	7	6	6	16	4	15	7	11	11	8	6	10	6	7	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NE	-	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	2.0 S	0.4 N	0.9 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	2.1 SE	-	-	2.0 NNE
Period (s)	6	-	3	4	4	5	7	2	6	-	5	8	4	-	-	-	7	-	8	-	-	6

	Saturday 21						Sunday 22								Monday 23
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Shida Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 S	3.5 SE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	7	7	7	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	459	353	395	291	244	215	180	175	195	133	129	117	88	212	211	492	487	595	1508	415	547	620
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:35AM 1.40					6:05PM 1.46			5:33AM 1.54						9:34PM 1.78							7:58PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)			11:56AM 0.01				11:43PM 0.63					12:17PM 0.15				2:23AM 0.64				1:17PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	8	3	2	-
Temp. °C	6	8	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	14	15	13	20	20	16	13	10	14	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	2	5	11	11	10	10	12	10	10	12	13	13	11	20	20	15	12	9	13	7	8	7
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	1.2 SSE	0.6 ENE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	11	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 E	0.1 E	1.0 S	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	16	16	6	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	13	12	12	6	14	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	2.0 S	3.5 SE	0.4 N	0.7 NNE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	2	4	5

	Saturday 21																				Sun
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Shida Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	6	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	495	474	459	329	343	352	352	441	459	510	300	291	291	276	226	318	120	215	782	181	178	178
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:35AM 1.40														7:58PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)									11:40AM 0.20													12:09AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	6	6	7	8	10	12	13	14	14	13	12	18	17	15	13	12	14	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	4	3	2	1	3	4	7	10	11	13	13	11	10	17	16	14	13	10	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	1.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	12	9	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	1.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	16	12	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	-	-	4	4	7	6	3	5	3	3	3

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