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

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	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	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	2.0 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	6	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	7	7
Energy	291	425	465	320	600	297	204	230	305	231	375	266	424	315	535	663	219	292	312	263	285	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 2.03	7:34AM 2.04		9:07PM 1.77	4:58AM 1.55		9:21PM 1.79	7:53AM 1.79		10:14PM 1.72	8:38AM 1.49		11:39PM 1.53	9:37AM 1.44		12:43AM 1.51	9:40AM 1.07		12:23AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		2:13PM -0.11	2:26AM 0.91		2:45PM -0.06	2:33AM 0.86		3:13PM 0.03	2:35AM 1.14		2:50PM 0.19		3:27AM 1.11	3:57PM 0.33		4:17AM 1.02	4:37PM 0.51		5:00AM 0.92	4:54PM 0.49		6:30AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	15	28	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	23	23	23	25	25	24	22	25	23	22	22	22	18	19	20	25	24	21	21	22	20	22
Low °C	22	22	22	24	25	23	22	24	22	22	21	22	17	19	19	23	23	19	18	21	19	21
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	25	25	24	22	25	23	22	22	22	18	19	20	25	24	21	21	22	20	22
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	4:30	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:28
Sunset	-	7:08	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 E	1.5 E	2.0 E	1.4 ESE	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 SE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	7	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.7 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	7	9	9	-	-	6	6	6	9	10	9	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.7 E	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	-	2.0 E	1.2 ESE	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	6	6	8	8	-	7	7	-	6	5	7	-

	Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kudaka Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.9 E	1.5 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	10
Energy	226	213	216	291	291	425	425	476	465	307	513	320	595	600	562	505	297	252	681	204	202	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	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	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			4:17AM 1.49	7:29AM 2.11				8:56PM 2.03				7:34AM 2.04					9:07PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	10:25PM 0.98					2:13PM -0.11				1:23AM 0.88				2:45PM -0.06				2:33AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	19	22	23	23	22	22	23	19	23	24	25	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	22	25
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	22	23	23	22	22	23	19	23	24	25	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	22	25
Sunrise	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 E	0.3 SE	1.9 E	1.5 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	10	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	8	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	1.9 SE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	8	4	4	4

	Sun	Monday 18
	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	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	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 E
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	265	231	226	226	217	213	214	210	216	284	129	291	291	291	291	291	291	425	425	425	425	476
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							3:42AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		10:25PM 0.98																2:13PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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