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 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	3	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 ESE	0.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	3.0 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	2.4 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.1 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 SW
Period(s)	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	8	8	8	9	6
Energy	95	80	150	105	129	129	884	2393	1138	575	2294	334	419	314	259	552	161	227	963	1240	1162	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:04PM 1.49	1:50AM 1.50		5:01PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.87	5:06AM 1.92		6:40PM 1.86	3:39AM 1.52		6:24PM 1.43	4:09AM 1.56		8:28PM 1.76	5:07AM 1.49		8:56PM 1.71	6:07AM 1.42		10:10PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30PM 0.99	8:36AM 0.09		8:37PM 1.04	9:23AM -0.04		11:58PM 1.01			12:03AM 1.05	11:15AM -0.13		11:00PM 1.08	11:43AM -0.09		1:49AM 0.97		1:48PM 0.15	2:23AM 1.00		1:31PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	-	1	11	-	1	-
High °C	23	23	24	22	23	22	21	21	21	20	21	22	20	22	22	22	22	24	21	20	20	24
Low °C	21	23	23	21	22	22	20	20	21	19	20	22	19	22	21	22	22	24	21	20	20	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	24	22	23	22	21	21	21	20	21	22	20	22	22	22	22	24	21	20	20	24
Sunrise	-	4:22	-	-	4:22	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 ESE	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.1 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.3 E	1.3 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.5 E	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	8	8	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	7	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	-	0.2 E	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	9	7	8	8	6	15	-	15	-	10	9	8	7	7	18	12	10	7	8	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 S	2.5 E	3.0 E	-	0.4 NW	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	2.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.9 NNE	2.1 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	4	7	-	6	8	9	-	3	9	-	-	-	3	7	4	6	8	8	9	6

	Fri		Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama 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	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 WSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	3.0 E
Period(s)	7	6	8	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	9
Energy	54	44	95	116	109	80	108	150	136	121	105	107	120	129	120	129	133	231	884	925	1389	2393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									5:04PM 1.49			1:50AM 1.50					5:01PM 1.36	7:02PM 1.97			5:06AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		7:39PM 0.98	9:30PM 0.99			8:36AM 0.09									9:23AM -0.04				11:58PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	2	-
Temp. °C	22	21	22	22	21	23	23	24	23	21	21	21	21	22	23	22	22	25	21	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	22	21	22	22	21	23	23	24	23	21	21	21	21	22	23	22	22	25	21	20	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.2 WSW	0.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	8	8	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	15	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 S	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	7	9	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	6	6	15	15	15	7	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	2.5 E	-	1.8 ENE	3.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	4	8	7	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	8	-	7	9

	Friday 12	Saturday 13
	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	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach 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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SW
Period(s)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8
Energy	65	54	54	40	54	44	44	97	95	118	116	116	116	58	109	111	80	80	81	92	108	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													3:06AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)					7:39PM 0.98													8:36AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	7	7	-

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