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

	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.5 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	3.0 SE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	5	6
Energy(?)	1382	978	2736	2248	2741	2576	1964	1623	3197	2021	1496	1339	898	647	687	686	410	545	269	204	27	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 1.96		6:08PM 1.89	5:49AM 1.88	5:40PM 1.43		4:47AM 1.50		6:29PM 1.40	7:23AM 1.87		7:21PM 1.32	7:09AM 1.70		9:27PM 1.62	5:49AM 1.51		9:20PM 1.22	6:25AM 1.42		11:51PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	11:09PM 0.42			11:59PM 0.57			11:15PM 0.61	11:33AM -0.00	1:00PM -0.02	11:49PM 0.72		2:03PM -0.01	12:23AM 0.82		2:12PM 0.03	2:38AM 1.03		4:14PM 0.15	12:59AM 1.11		5:21PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	42	4
High °C	12	13	21	15	19	17	17	23	18	19	22	16	20	17	21	20	22	21	17	19	14	18
Low °C	10	11	19	14	18	17	16	22	17	18	20	15	17	17	20	18	21	21	17	19	13	17
Chill °C (?)	9	11	21	14	19	16	17	23	18	19	22	15	20	17	21	20	22	21	16	19	12	18
Sunrise	-	5:07	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:56	-	-	4:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.2 ENE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	3.0 SE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	15	15	13	16	16	16	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	12	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	0.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ESE	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	12	-	11	8	11	12	10	10	11	11	9	16	-	15	15	14	14	12	10	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	2.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	14	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	5	3	-	-

	Thu		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Corners Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SE	1.6 ESE	2.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1527	1251	1546	1532	1596	1254	1204	1113	1949	2189	3332	3454	3002	2698	2684	3305	2348	1355	2166	2239	1116	1929
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:08PM 1.68	6:50PM 1.96			5:21AM 1.85								4:23AM 1.41				5:23PM 1.49	7:40PM 1.88				6:06AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			11:23PM 0.49				10:24AM 0.05					12:37AM 0.48				12:22PM 0.04			10:47PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	19	22	13	14	15	11	13	15	17	14	19	18	15	15	16	19	17	22	16	16	21	17
Chill °C (?)	19	22	12	14	15	8	11	15	17	13	19	18	15	15	16	19	17	22	16	16	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SE	1.6 ESE	2.2 SE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.6 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	-	1.6 ENE	-	-	1.5 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	7	7	13	13	13	12	10	17	-	11	-	-	11	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 NE	0.7 N	1.2 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 E	2.1 ESE	-	2.3 E	2.2 E	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	0.6 W	-	-	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	4	-	4	4	5	8	8	8	9	-	10	10	-	-	-	8	-	5	-	-	5	-

	Thursday 16								Friday 17
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Corners Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSE	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.1 SE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 SE	1.6 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1966	1284	1563	1563	1546	1273	1423	1328	1788	1010	1567	1831	1413	2123	2110	1877	1549	1407	1510	1492	1541	1413
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:24PM 1.83										3:59AM 1.37		5:10AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)								10:18PM 0.52	11:27PM 0.44											10:05AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	18	16	15	12	12	11	15	11	18	19	10	14	14	17	10	22	11	12	22	14
Chill °C (?)	21	23	18	15	14	9	9	8	14	8	18	19	6	13	13	17	7	22	8	10	22	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.1 SE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 SE	1.6 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.5 N	-	-	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 SSE	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 NNE	0.2 E
Period (s)	7	6	-	-	13	17	17	17	13	12	14	14	16	8	8	13	12	15	12	10	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	-	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 E	1.9 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.0 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	4	-	5	5	5	8	8	9	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	6	7

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