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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	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Tacos (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Chikura Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	1	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	1.0 NE	0.3 E	1.2 E	0.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 SSE	3.5 WSW	0.8 SE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.0 N	1.4 NE	0.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	10	9	11	8	12	6	7	10	10	9	9	12	11	9	8	7	7	8	8	16	7	8
Energy(?)	113	274	24	270	154	226	190	1568	2062	3353	151	209	157	114	17	261	130	183	222	131	324	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:43AM 1.28		12:13AM 1.30		2:20PM 1.59			12:10PM 1.30	2:02AM 1.08		3:23PM 1.54		4:07AM 1.42	3:17PM 1.68		5:15AM 1.56	3:53PM 1.68		4:43AM 1.28	2:00PM 1.39		5:07AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		5:50PM 0.81	6:31PM 0.89	5:26AM 0.75		9:01PM 0.69	5:34AM 0.77		7:28PM 0.57	8:15AM 0.85		10:24PM 0.43	9:20AM 1.01		8:51PM 0.30	10:31AM 0.95		9:27PM 0.19	9:33AM 0.95		9:28PM 0.15	9:44AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	9	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	8	11	22	10	11	8	11	13	11	11	10	10	11	7	13	13	13	11	10	10	12
Low °C	13	7	10	21	7	7	8	9	11	10	10	8	8	11	4	13	12	12	9	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	11	4	8	22	7	10	5	9	10	9	8	10	9	10	5	11	13	12	10	7	8	10
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:24	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	4:27	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:25	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	1.2 E	0.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.5 WSW	0.8 SE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.8 SW	1.0 N	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 E
Period (s)	10	10	11	8	12	6	7	10	10	10	9	12	11	9	8	8	7	8	6	16	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.8 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SW	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 WSW	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	7	9	9	11	11	11	10	13	10	10	9	9	7	4	11	12	6	-	12	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NW	1.0 NE	2.1 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.8 NNW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.8 N	-	0.5 N	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 N	1.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	8	-	4	-	-	4	8	9	4	-	3	-	-	7	7	5	8	6	7	7

	Friday 12						Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tacos (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Hebara Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.3 NE	1.8 NNE	1.5 N	0.7 E	0.8 NE	1.3 NE	2.0 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 SE	1.3 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 SE	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	10	11	7	8	8	12	9	9	9	8	8	11	6	6	8	8	7	9	10	10	11
Energy(?)	208	55	92	309	519	418	222	287	529	590	341	229	61	248	226	636	437	251	1069	1568	1218	2437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							10:18PM 1.05					2:01PM 1.56				2:09AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	3:35AM 0.51					7:45PM 0.79			4:30AM 0.65					8:00PM 0.80								7:12PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	10	-	5	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	10	13	21	21	5	4	4	13	22	22	8	14	10	15	13	8	9	9	9	11
Chill °C (?)	6	8	7	12	21	21	2	0	1	12	22	22	8	14	9	13	11	5	6	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	2.1 WNW	1.0 NNW	1.5 N	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 NE	0.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	1.3 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 SE	1.3 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 SE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	7	10	7	8	8	8	12	11	9	14	8	8	11	10	6	8	8	7	9	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.3 E	0.6 E	-	0.9 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	-	11	10	13	13	9	14	11	-	9	9	4	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	1.9 WNW	0.6 N	1.3 NE	1.8 NNE	1.0 E	0.6 NNE	0.8 NE	1.3 NE	2.0 E	0.3 NW	0.8 NNW	-	1.4 E	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.3 N	0.7 N	0.8 NNW	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	4	6	3	7	8	8	4	9	9	9	2	9	-	6	-	-	3	2	10	4	3	-

	Friday 12	Sat
	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	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tacos (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Hebara Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	2.1 NE	2.1 ENE	1.7 NNE	1.3 NE	0.5 E	1.3 NE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.6 NNE	0.6 ESE	1.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	7	6	10	10	10	10	7	7	6	6	11	7	9	12	12	9	12	9
Energy(?)	87	120	86	110	2	4	133	123	123	67	404	432	237	251	112	250	144	179	190	672	175	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								10:43AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	3:35AM 0.51	4:10AM 0.53	5:12AM 0.66												5:09PM 0.84	6:50PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	16	20	21	7	7	8	14	21	22	8	12	7	12	8	5	5	5	4	5
Chill °C (?)	7	8	9	14	20	21	2	2	4	12	21	22	4	9	3	9	5	1	2	2	1	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 W	0.6 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	7	11	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	6	7	11	10	11	11	9	12	12	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.6 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	5	10	7	6	10	7	7	7	-	6	5	9	13	9	12	9	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	1.9 W	0.5 N	3.0 WNW	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 ENE	1.7 NNE	1.3 NE	0.9 NNE	1.3 NE	1.3 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	-	1.4 NE
Period (s)	4	6	3	7	6	6	4	4	5	7	7	7	6	6	9	7	6	4	4	9	-	9

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