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

	Fri	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mainside Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Torami Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	1	1	3	2	1	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	2.0 W	1.8 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.5 NE	1.6 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.8 SW	4.0 WSW	2.2 NNW	0.9 SW	0.5 NE	1.1 ENE	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	7	6	7	8	9	7	10	10	7	10	10	10	12	13	4
Energy(?)	151	192	453	546	194	11	75	347	95	71	49	405	3	7	5	330	4432	920	184	98	395	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:14AM 1.43			6:17AM 1.44	4:28PM 1.54		6:53AM 1.43	4:30PM 1.55	8:02PM 2.04	7:39AM 1.47		8:58PM 1.92	10:10AM 1.77		9:09PM 1.84	7:58AM 1.36		7:04PM 1.29	8:33AM 1.29		7:53PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)	9:40PM -0.08	9:46AM 1.11	1:33PM 0.01	10:57PM -0.20	11:15AM 0.96		11:42PM -0.17	11:56AM 0.89		2:52AM 0.00		3:13PM 0.69		3:43AM -0.01	4:02PM 0.58			1:31PM 0.73	1:42AM 0.31		2:29PM 0.70	2:02AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	8	9	16	17	10	8	10	11	9	12	12	9	6	9	7	7	16	4	6	7	7
Low °C	2	6	9	15	16	8	7	9	10	7	12	12	6	5	9	5	6	15	4	4	7	6
Chill °C (?)	2	6	5	16	17	8	8	7	9	7	10	10	9	3	7	3	4	15	0	4	6	6
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:44	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:24	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:44	-	-	5:52	-	-	4:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	1.8 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	0.1 E	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 NE	1.6 NE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	3.0 WSW	2.2 NNW	0.9 SW	0.5 NE	1.1 ENE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	7	7	8	9	8	11	8	10	7	7	8	9	-	5	5	8	10	10	10	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 W	0.2 NNE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SE
Period (s)	12	9	12	9	9	9	11	-	-	6	12	10	7	7	10	-	10	10	12	8	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.5 NNW	2.0 W	0.7 NE	-	0.4 SW	-	1.9 SW	1.0 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	1.8 SW	4.0 WSW	-	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	4	3	8	6	-	4	-	7	6	-	8	7	-	-	-	7	10	-	2	3	-	-

	Fri		Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Monday 05
	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	Shida Chiba	Torami Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Torami Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.1 NNW	2.1 W	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	7	8	7	7	7	11	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8
Energy(?)	204	212	133	260	237	192	105	117	71	717	503	257	215	258	208	106	604	523	679	307	317	615
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					5:38AM 1.43					6:29PM 2.03				8:21AM 1.80			4:03PM 1.45					6:25AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)							10:33AM 1.01				11:20PM -0.06	1:36AM -0.29				1:08PM 0.86			11:21PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	6	-3	3	3	6	8	8	7	15	9	16	16	16	16	17	8	8	8	8	7	8
Chill °C (?)	6	3	-8	-2	-1	2	6	6	6	14	6	16	16	16	16	17	7	6	8	6	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.0 SW	0.9 NE	0.6 SW	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.1 NNW	0.6 ENE	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 SW	0.2 ENE	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	7	10	7	8	7	7	7	7	9	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SW	0.5 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	12	7	12	8	9	8	8	11	12	10	9	6	9	9	6	9	11	8	10	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 WNW	1.2 NE	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 ENE	2.1 W	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	6	7	3	7	4	3	3	-	-	6	8	6	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	7	8	8

	Friday 02	Saturday 03
	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	Shida Chiba	Torami Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Mainside Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Torami Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SW	1.3 NNE	3.5 NNW	2.0 WSW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NNW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	5	12	12	12	12	7	6	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	7	7	7
Energy(?)	219	220	1	114	114	112	112	151	178	2253	484	1311	1184	1724	1679	1135	59	193	61	136	121	120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)								10:10PM -0.16		12:38AM -0.05										10:02AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	0	8	7	6	4	2	2	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	5	6	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	5	6	-5	4	3	2	-1	-5	-4	10	3	10	10	10	10	11	2	3	4	4	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 ESE	2.0 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	1.0 NE	1.2 WSW	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	8	8	14	14	13	8	8	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 W	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.1 NE	0.7 NNE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 SW	1.0 NE	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	12	12	14	5	7	7	10	10	10	9	8	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 N	1.3 NNE	3.5 NNW	0.9 NNE	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	6	6	3	7	7	7	7	4	6	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	4	4	3	3	3	3

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