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

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	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	2.0 W	1.7 W	0.6 SW	2.0 WSW	-	1.5 NE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.8 N	1.3 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	0.9 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	10	7	7	7	7	-	6	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	7	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	566	581	192	23	483	398	83	378	0	340	169	139	217	187	314	270	303	340	474	154	287	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:30PM 1.56		6:41AM 1.34	5:37PM 1.53		8:31AM 1.35		6:22PM 1.50	9:17AM 1.29	5:41PM 1.41		9:19AM 1.31		7:11PM 1.27	9:55AM 1.23		7:51PM 1.24			9:30PM 1.17	11:26AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	10:19AM 1.09		12:24AM -0.23	11:00AM 1.09	12:22PM 1.02	1:12AM -0.13		12:58PM 1.03	2:01AM 0.04		12:27PM 1.05	1:24AM 0.17		1:41PM 0.97	2:37AM 0.29		2:41PM 0.94		6:40AM 0.70	3:57PM 0.88		4:30AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	12	14	14	13	15	16	21	11	17	12	11	12	21	12	13	21	22	15	10	7
Low °C	14	15	10	13	13	12	12	16	20	11	16	10	10	12	20	10	12	21	21	10	9	5
Chill °C (?)	14	14	10	12	14	12	14	15	21	9	16	11	10	11	21	11	13	21	22	14	8	4
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	4:32	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:32	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:27	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 NNW	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 N	0.9 E	1.3 E	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	15	15	5	10	6	7	7	9	-	6	9	9	9	8	6	8	9	9	7	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	-	0.7 ESE	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.1 NE	0.5 SE	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 N	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	7	16	16	9	9	8	10	-	9	8	6	11	10	-	11	10	-	7	-	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.5 NE	1.5 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.3 NE	-	1.5 E	-	-	1.8 N	1.3 E	1.3 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	-	8	-	-	7	10	5	5	10

	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 SW	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.7 E	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	6	7	7	7	7	6	9	7	7	7
Energy(?)	248	320	519	287	558	581	713	721	606	495	304	219	299	483	349	459	398	269	448	292	274	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							4:56PM 1.54					6:41AM 1.34			4:52PM 1.56					7:34AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26PM -0.14				11:47AM 1.00					12:24AM -0.23			11:50AM 1.04					12:17AM -0.01	3:12AM -0.02			12:33PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	14	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	9	13	14	14	14	13	12	21	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	7	8	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	7	12	14	14	13	13	12	21	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 SW	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	13	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	9	8	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	1.0 W	0.2 ESE	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	5	7	9	7	7	6	9	9	11	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	8	5	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.7 E	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	9	7	7	7

	Fri		Saturday 06
	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	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.7 N	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	0.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	9	9	9	7	4	8	4	8	15
Energy(?)	207	207	424	248	532	532	532	519	519	512	291	287	171	43	31	31	24	40	61	53	14	192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										6:57AM 1.49										4:17PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		10:26PM -0.14	11:39PM -0.25											10:58AM 0.96	11:01AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	10	11	12	11	12	11	20	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	9	8	12	8	12	13	13	14	14	14	9	9	9	10	12	10	12	10	20	11	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.5 W	0.6 ENE	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	8	13	8	8	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	7	7	4	4	9	4	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 ENE	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 N	0.5 NE	0.3 SE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	9	9	15	15	8	15	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.5 SE	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.8 SSW	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	-	5

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