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 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Shida Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 SE	1.1 E	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 E	0.8 E	1.5 E	1.6 NE	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	0.9 N	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	8	10	5	7	8	8	8	7	10	10	10	14	7	7
Energy(?)	1476	1267	814	774	332	438	239	390	456	276	189	319	257	442	399	88	506	518	406	416	255	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:42PM 1.94	7:50AM 1.87		9:43PM 1.69	8:03AM 1.74		10:20PM 1.45	9:13AM 1.69		10:33PM 1.02	10:02AM 1.42		2:15AM 1.39	8:52AM 1.12		1:29AM 1.20	11:51AM 1.07	2:38PM 1.38	1:42AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		2:57PM -0.13	2:11AM 0.99		2:48PM -0.04	2:57AM 1.03		3:16PM 0.19		3:57AM 1.25	2:29PM 0.23	1:43AM 0.96	5:11AM 1.22		6:48PM 0.43	5:19AM 1.09	5:21PM 0.48		7:15AM 0.93		6:33PM 0.51	7:49AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	19	20	19	19	21	17	17	18	20	15	16	17	16	14	16	22	16	13	15	15	17	23
Low °C	19	20	17	19	21	15	16	18	19	14	16	16	16	14	15	21	13	12	14	15	17	19
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	18	21	16	17	18	20	14	15	16	15	13	15	22	14	11	14	15	16	23
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:56	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 SE	1.1 E	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 E	0.8 E	0.5 SE	1.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	0.5 S	0.9 N	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.2 E
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	8	10	13	7	8	8	6	7	10	10	10	14	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 NNW	1.0 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.5 SE	-	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	13	5	6	14	12	12	13	-	10	7	8	12	5	8	7	15	13	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	-	1.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	1.2 SE	0.3 W	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.6 NE	-	0.8 NW	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.6 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	6	3	6	5	5	5	7	-	4	8	-	-	-	6	7	-	-

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	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	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	7
Energy(?)	2400	1146	1498	1267	1077	1029	719	613	614	646	710	529	292	234	294	503	731	524	1058	207	343	280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	5:20AM 1.45	8:08AM 2.05				8:46PM 1.83				7:44AM 1.96					10:01PM 1.57		6:00AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)				2:00PM -0.14				1:56AM 0.92				1:02PM 0.00				12:23AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	22	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	19	19	21	17	22	21	16	15	18	18	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	22	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	19	19	21	17	22	21	15	15	18	17	17	18	18
Sunrise	5:01	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.1 NE	1.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	12	11	11	-	10	5	4	-	5	13	5	15	5	6	14	14	13	13	14	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.8 NE	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 NE	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	5	-	5	-	-	6	10	6	10	-	-	-

	Monday 20	Tue
	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	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SE	1.7 E	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 SE	2.1 ESE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	1.7 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2691	1292	2114	1593	1571	1732	1424	1259	1319	1474	1725	1558	1089	640	603	1104	528	1061	973	724	957	882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:14AM 1.94												7:05PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)																					11:50PM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	21	18	17	18	19	19	19	18	20	19	18	18	22	22	17	18	17	17	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	21	18	16	18	19	19	19	17	20	19	18	18	22	22	16	18	16	16	19	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SE	1.7 E	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 SE	2.1 ESE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	1.7 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	5	-	11	9	9	-	11	10	9	9	9	9	5	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.8 NNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	4

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