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

	Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hebara Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.1 S	0.8 SW	2.2 S	3.5 S	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 NE	2.0 ESE	0.4 SW	3.0 NE	1.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	9	10	9	9	12	5	7	9	7	10	10	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	5	9
Energy(?)	1173	1010	344	313	246	181	4	60	508	1793	393	2020	721	160	391	23	1783	530	280	323	154	162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	off	on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:44PM 1.01		4:10AM 1.09	2:35PM 1.12		4:25AM 1.18	2:23PM 1.30		3:49AM 1.26	3:28PM 1.32		4:10AM 1.31	4:18PM 1.40		4:07AM 1.45	4:40PM 1.45		4:25AM 1.47	5:48PM 1.48		5:51AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			8:33PM 0.19	9:14AM 0.79		9:28PM 0.20	9:53AM 0.65		8:57PM 0.36	9:47AM 0.45		9:57PM 0.23	10:17AM 0.31		10:03PM 0.47	10:23AM 0.35		10:32PM 0.55	10:52AM 0.25		11:30PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	35	18	12	11	-	14	15	6	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	14	17	16	16	15	17	20	19	15	14	15	13	14	12	8	9	14	19	14	16
Low °C	16	17	13	15	16	15	14	17	18	18	15	14	14	13	13	12	8	9	12	19	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	13	17	16	16	14	17	20	19	13	11	14	11	12	9	4	6	13	19	14	15
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:20
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	-	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.5 E	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.3 ENE	1.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	9	9	-	8	10	18	10	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	4	10	10	7	12	-	18	9	16	15	6	14	14	14	8	8	10	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.8 SW	2.2 S	3.5 S	1.9 S	-	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	2.0 ESE	2.1 E	3.0 NE	-	0.6 W	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	5	7	9	7	-	4	6	7	7	8	-	4	6	5	-

	Saturday 28						Sunday 29								Monday 30
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara 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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	4	5
Energy(?)	1360	1173	1086	1010	853	738	689	335	317	298	298	229	219	228	181	144	166	160	164	14	23	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:08AM 1.02			12:44PM 1.01				2:57AM 1.30				1:15PM 1.04					3:14AM 1.35				3:04PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		8:23AM 0.92				8:33PM 0.19				8:40AM 0.80				8:39PM 0.34				8:54AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	15	14	15	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	17	16	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	14	14	15	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	17	17
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	9	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	4	10	10	5	5	4	9	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	4	5

	Saturday 28																				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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara 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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	10
Energy(?)	1322	1330	1360	1311	1207	1173	1173	507	478	468	466	314	435	355	353	343	342	340	342	5	5	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:08AM 1.02							11:08AM 1.18	12:03PM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)						8:23AM 0.92											7:19PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	3	3	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	3

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