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 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Shida Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	3	4	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.0 ENE	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	2.2 E	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.7 W	2.0 NE
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	8	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	6	7	8	10	8	10
Energy	78	150	121	103	106	282	715	600	505	671	531	306	212	177	248	294	445	1053	605	1078	83	791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:04PM 1.49	1:50AM 1.50		5:01PM 1.36	6:03PM 1.83	4:51AM 1.83		6:40PM 1.86	4:04AM 1.53		6:24PM 1.43	4:18AM 1.53		8:24PM 1.98	7:18AM 1.80		8:13PM 1.38	6:07AM 1.42		11:13PM 1.88	8:06AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)			8:37PM 1.04	9:23AM -0.04		11:31PM 0.95	11:53AM -0.11	12:15PM -0.05	12:03AM 1.05	11:25AM -0.21		11:00PM 1.08	11:54AM -0.09		1:47AM 1.11		12:32PM 0.03	1:14AM 0.92		1:11PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	38	7	6	-	-	3	-
High °C	23	24	22	23	22	19	24	19	20	22	20	19	21	21	23	22	20	23	21	21	26	23
Low °C	22	22	21	22	22	18	20	19	20	20	20	19	21	21	23	20	20	20	20	20	26	23
Chill °C (?)	23	24	22	23	22	19	24	19	20	22	20	19	21	21	23	22	20	23	21	21	26	23
Sunrise	4:22	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:31
Sunset	-	6:57	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 SE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.0 ENE	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.5 S	1.9 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	2.0 NE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	6	7	7	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.7 S	0.8 ESE	0.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	15	15	15	15	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	8	10	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	-	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.9 ESE	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 N	0.8 NNE	2.2 E	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	-	7	6	6	6	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	6	7	8	10	5	-

	Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	9	9	9	9
Energy	95	116	60	78	119	150	154	93	121	106	112	103	107	106	81	104	282	531	673	715	757	600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)							5:04PM 1.49			1:50AM 1.50					5:01PM 1.36				5:22AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30PM 0.99			8:36AM 0.09	9:55AM 0.12								9:33AM -0.02				11:31PM 0.95				11:53AM -0.11	12:15PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	23	22	20	22	22	24	22	21	21	21	21	22	23	22	22	21	18	19	19	20	24	19
Chill °C (?)	23	22	20	22	22	24	22	21	21	21	21	22	23	22	22	21	18	19	19	20	24	19
Sunrise	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.1 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	6	8	15	15	6	6	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.4 SW	-	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.9 ESE	1.4 ENE	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	4	-	8	4	7	-	-	6	6	6	4	4	6	7	-	4	4	-

	Fri	Saturday 13
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	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	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8
Energy	44	47	95	95	119	116	116	60	60	72	74	78	78	91	119	134	150	150	41	154	154	155
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							3:06AM 1.69														5:04PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		10:19PM 1.07										8:36AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	23	22	22	22	22	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	22	22	24	24	25	23	22	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	23	22	22	22	22	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	22	22	24	24	25	23	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	-	-	-	8	8	8

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