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

	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 E	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	2.4 ENE	2.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.4 SE	1.0 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.4 SE	1.5 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	8	7	8	8	7	7	8
Energy	71	108	555	557	671	529	790	609	220	211	1136	1168	245	207	200	402	322	935	334	505	683	326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:01PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.87	5:22AM 1.97		7:02PM 1.94	4:04AM 1.53		6:24PM 1.43	4:18AM 1.53		8:28PM 1.76	7:23AM 1.81		9:31PM 1.86	6:36AM 1.43		8:42PM 1.32	8:06AM 1.39		10:05PM 1.68	9:11AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	10:38AM -0.06		11:58PM 1.01			12:30AM 1.00	11:25AM -0.21	1:02PM 0.04	11:00PM 1.08	11:54AM -0.09	1:42PM -0.08	1:49AM 0.97		2:20PM 0.03			1:11PM 0.13	1:54AM 0.85		3:55PM 0.37		3:36AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	30	4	2	-	8	-	-	-	8	48	6
High °C	22	23	21	21	22	21	22	24	20	22	23	23	23	25	23	25	26	23	24	24	25	24
Low °C	22	22	20	20	21	21	20	23	20	22	22	23	23	24	23	21	24	21	24	23	22	23
Chill °C (?)	22	23	21	21	22	21	22	24	20	22	23	23	23	25	23	25	26	23	24	24	25	24
Sunrise	4:33	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:31
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.1 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 E	0.3 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 S	0.3 SE	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	1.8 E	1.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	6	8	15	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	10	6	7	7	8	8	7	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.4 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 S	1.5 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 S	0.6 E	0.3 SW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	6	-	15	-	7	13	11	6	6	7	8	10	9	10	8	7	7	7	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	2.2 E	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	1.9 E	-	-	2.4 ENE	2.3 SSE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.0 SSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.9 E	-	2.2 E	2.4 SE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	6	8	-	-	-	8	9	-	-	8	8	6	7	6	8	7	8	-	7	7	8

	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Katahama Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.7 ENE	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 E	2.1 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 E	1.9 E
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	6	8	8	7	8	7	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9
Energy	72	116	109	71	62	108	84	396	555	524	1515	557	1631	671	1575	588	529	1259	1059	790	266	609
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		1:50AM 1.50					5:01PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.87			4:58AM 1.83					7:02PM 1.94			4:04AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	10:21PM 1.02				11:43AM 0.10				11:58PM 1.01				11:36AM -0.09								11:20AM -0.20	1:02PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	22	22	19	23	22	20	20	18	19	20	20	22	21	21	21	16	16	20	20	24
Chill °C (?)	22	21	22	22	19	23	22	20	20	18	19	20	20	22	21	21	21	15	16	20	20	24
Sunrise	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.3 S
Period (s)	7	8	6	6	6	8	8	13	15	7	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	-	-	15	15	15	15	-	-	7	7	8	8	13	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 S	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.7 ENE	2.5 ESE	-	2.5 E	-	2.5 E	-	-	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	1.9 E
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	6	6	4	7	8	7	8	-	8	-	9	-	-	8	8	8	-	9

	Sat	Sunday 14
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama 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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.6 SW
Period(s)	8	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	7
Energy	132	72	72	71	76	116	116	109	109	109	71	71	44	62	62	62	108	108	108	84	84	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					5:01PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		10:21PM 1.02													11:43AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	21	22	22	21	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	20	19	19	19	23	23	22	22	22	25
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	21	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	20	19	19	19	23	23	22	22	22	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	7:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.6 SW
Period (s)	8	7	7	6	6	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	4	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	-

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