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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	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	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	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	1	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	1	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	3.0 NNE	0.7 E	1.2 E	0.7 E	1.3 ESE	2.4 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	12	8	12	5	9	10	9	10	9	7	12	9	11	-	12	8	8	16	14
Energy(?)	56	82	1872	192	251	153	172	1071	1851	2732	579	195	156	185	60	93	0	84	79	194	251	182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:06PM 1.52	11:48AM 1.69		12:23AM 1.25		12:12PM 1.45	1:55AM 1.30		1:33PM 1.61		6:46AM 1.37	12:24PM 1.28		3:09AM 1.15	4:03PM 1.72		8:26AM 1.51			5:39AM 1.71	2:00PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		4:48AM 0.51		6:50PM 0.86	6:29AM 0.70		7:43PM 0.77	7:27AM 0.92		10:04PM 0.56			9:17PM 0.45	7:47AM 0.91		11:07PM 0.30		1:44PM 0.79	9:27PM 0.19	10:59AM 1.00		9:47PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	9	9	5	23	10	12	8	12	12	10	11	14	10	11	10	5	13	12	12	10	12
Low °C	10	7	8	5	22	8	7	8	12	8	9	10	13	9	9	9	5	12	10	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	10	6	5	1	23	8	10	6	10	10	8	9	12	9	11	10	3	13	11	12	8	12
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:12	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.2 W	0.7 E	1.2 E	0.7 E	1.3 ESE	2.4 SE	3.0 SE	2.0 S	1.4 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.9 NE	0.4 SW	0.7 NNE	0.2 W	0.8 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	10	6	12	8	12	5	9	10	10	10	9	7	12	9	9	8	7	8	6	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 SW	-	0.6 NE	0.7 E	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 NNE	0.1 NE	0.6 E	0.9 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	5	-	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	11	-	9	5	-	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 W	0.6 N	3.0 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	0.8 N	0.7 N	2.0 WNW	-	0.3 NNW	1.0 SW	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 NW	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	6	3	10	5	-	4	-	-	3	9	4	4	8	-	3	6	-	2	3	8	6	6

	Thu		Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Hebara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.5 N	2.2 NNE	1.4 NE	1.9 E	1.1 NE	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 SE	2.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	10	8	10	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	6	6	7	9
Energy(?)	83	130	90	87	91	55	92	91	91	451	869	528	585	417	367	211	146	83	200	276	240	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			10:06PM 1.52					12:08PM 1.50								2:01PM 1.56	4:46PM 1.48			1:10AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	4:48PM 1.01				5:29AM 0.54				5:56PM 0.87	7:45PM 0.79	10:00PM 0.83		5:55AM 0.65								4:48AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	1	4
Temp. °C	17	16	15	15	14	10	9	10	12	21	7	5	12	5	23	23	10	11	8	14	7	9
Chill °C (?)	17	16	14	14	13	8	6	7	10	21	4	2	11	2	23	23	10	9	5	12	4	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 NE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.5 N	2.2 NNE	0.8 NE	0.7 E	0.6 NE	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 SE	2.4 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	10	11	11	10	8	10	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	6	6	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 E	0.1 E	-	0.6 ESE	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.9 NNW	0.5 E	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	10	8	8	8	12	13	-	11	15	11	9	11	-	-	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.8 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.9 WNW	0.5 N	0.4 N	1.8 NE	1.1 E	-	1.4 NE	1.9 E	1.1 NE	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	4	4	2	4	6	6	3	3	7	8	-	9	8	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Thursday 11	Friday 12
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Bowls Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Hebara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	1.9 NNE	1.5 N	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.9 SW	1.9 NE	1.7 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.6 ESE	1.4 NE	1.4 NNE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	7	6	7	10	7	6	6	8	8	10	7	8	10
Energy(?)	113	113	83	86	124	70	119	98	97	300	157	211	90	173	404	371	759	1158	133	249	310	71
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								10:36PM 1.38		12:02AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		4:48PM 1.01														6:26AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	16	12	13	13	14	20	11	11	13	9	21	21	10	10	7	12	7	7
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	16	10	12	12	12	20	8	8	12	6	21	21	6	6	3	9	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 W	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	9	6	7	10	7	10	10	6	6	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.2 W	-	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	4	12	5	4	8	5	-	10	4	10	7	7	-	-	10	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	1.9 NNE	1.5 N	0.6 NW	0.3 NW	0.8 N	1.9 NE	1.7 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.4 NE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	-	5	4	3	2	7	6	3	2	4	6	6	8	8	5	7	8	8

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