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

	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Kudaka Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.7 E	0.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 E	1.3 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.4 E	1.5 ESE	2.0 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	8	10	8	8	9	10	9	10	10	9	7	8	8	8	6	7	7	7
Energy	234	277	239	284	405	158	517	364	247	203	229	332	521	218	348	895	260	918	314	188	207	373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:29AM 2.11		7:42PM 1.81	7:37AM 2.08		9:07PM 1.77	4:58AM 1.55		9:21PM 1.79	8:33AM 1.77		10:10PM 1.55	8:38AM 1.49		11:49PM 1.62	10:29AM 1.44		11:09PM 1.19	10:06AM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)		1:33PM -0.11	10:25PM 0.98		2:13PM -0.11	1:03AM 0.96		2:26PM -0.07	2:33AM 0.86		3:13PM 0.03	2:35AM 1.14	3:06AM 1.07	3:02PM 0.19		3:27AM 1.11	3:57PM 0.33		5:12AM 1.07	3:43PM 0.30		4:59AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	13	6	8	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	20	23	23	20	24	24	23	21	24	22	21	21	18	19	21	20	21	19	17	20
Low °C	21	22	19	22	22	18	23	24	22	21	24	21	21	21	17	18	21	19	19	17	16	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	20	23	23	20	24	24	23	21	24	22	21	21	18	19	21	20	21	19	17	20
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	4:30	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:43	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:30
Sunset	-	7:08	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	1.2 ESE	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 S	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	13	8	-	-	10	8	8	9	10	9	10	10	9	7	8	8	8	6	7	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.9 SSE	1.1 ESE	0.7 S	-	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	-	9	-	-	11	-	-	-	8	5	7	10	7	-	7	6	-	-	7	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 E	-	1.4 E	1.7 E	-	0.5 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.3 NNE	1.0 S	-	1.8 ESE	2.0 E	-	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.4 E	1.5 ESE	2.0 SE
Period (s)	-	8	-	9	8	-	3	2	4	4	4	4	7	-	7	8	-	8	6	7	7	7

	Sunday 17						Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E
Period(s)	9	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	10	9	8	8	9	8	9	9
Energy	307	234	214	277	251	285	239	213	228	284	284	405	405	415	158	242	459	517	326	364	326	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	5:34AM 1.99				5:30PM 1.46				4:17AM 1.49	7:29AM 2.11				8:56PM 2.03				7:37AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)			10:37AM -0.07	1:33PM -0.11			10:25PM 0.98					2:13PM -0.11				1:23AM 0.88				2:26PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	22	23	20	20	19	19	19	22	23	23	22	22	19	19	23	23	25	24	24	23
Chill °C (?)	19	21	22	23	20	20	19	19	19	22	23	23	22	22	19	19	23	23	25	24	24	23
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	9	8	9	13	9	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	8	8	9	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	-	10	9	9	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	1.2 ESE	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	-	9	2	3	3	2	4	4

	Sunday 17																				Mon
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Ohara 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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Energy	309	307	307	309	294	234	176	108	214	277	280	277	277	245	251	251	231	285	279	244	239	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:34AM 1.99												5:30PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)																				10:25PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	23	23	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	23	23	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	13	13	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	8	9	-	-	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.4 E	1.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	3	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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