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

	Sat		Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Mera Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands
Rating	1	4	3	5	6	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 ENE	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.7 ENE	1.8 E	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period(s)	12	12	11	10	11	10	11	9	7	7	7	8	7	10	9	7	8	8	6	7	8	7
Energy	202	1119	906	4361	5277	1044	1145	798	682	465	206	211	82	203	245	346	256	204	264	344	232	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:37PM 1.23	7:55AM 1.16		11:22PM 1.53	10:21AM 1.30		10:43PM 1.25	10:27AM 1.05		11:36PM 1.25		3:00PM 1.60	1:44AM 1.61		1:31PM 1.02	12:28AM 1.40		4:02PM 1.32	2:31AM 1.38	4:10AM 1.85	5:05PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		2:56AM 0.88		5:06PM 0.62		5:04AM 0.93	4:22PM 0.50		5:00AM 0.71	4:53PM 0.58		6:24AM 0.61		7:27PM 0.81	8:21AM 0.50		6:35PM 0.89	7:49AM 0.25		9:08PM 0.90	11:04AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	21	26	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	22	21	20	22	22	21	22	23	22	24	23
Low °C	18	17	20	26	20	20	22	20	21	21	19	22	20	19	21	21	20	22	22	22	23	23
Chill °C (?)	19	18	21	26	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	22	21	20	22	22	21	22	23	22	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:22	-	-	5:09	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.9 SW	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	11	8	11	8	7	7	9	7	7	10	9	6	8	8	8	8	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 E	1.9 SE	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	10	8	10	10	9	5	9	10	5	6	9	8	8	7	7	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	-	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	1.5 E	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.8 E	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	4	-	-	10	11	-	-	9	7	7	7	8	4	-	-	7	-	-	6	7	8	7

	Saturday 06				Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tue
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Torami Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	6	5	4	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	0.8 E	1.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.2 E	1.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	6	12	8	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	8
Energy	219	202	158	1274	1119	1091	972	906	5658	4361	2255	6726	5277	3130	1742	1044	1814	1145	1943	500	798	1064
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					9:37PM 1.23			7:55AM 1.16	10:23AM 1.49				11:22PM 1.53				9:58AM 1.04				10:43PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		2:17PM 0.22	4:16PM 0.45			2:56AM 0.88					5:06PM 0.62				4:48AM 0.88				4:22PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	18	22	18	18	17	18	20	26	26	26	21	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	18	22	18	18	17	18	20	26	26	26	21	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	1.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.5 SSE	2.5 S	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	12	8	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	9	10	11	10	10	8	8	11	10	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 E	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	11	7	13	7	7	7	7	7	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	7	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 ENE	-	1.9 SW	-	2.1 WSW	-	1.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	10	11	10	5	-	10	-	11	-	9	8

	Saturday 06	Sunday 07
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kuminatu Chiba	Kuminatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	6	5	4	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period(s)	6	6	6	8	8	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy	247	247	219	209	202	202	87	88	158	1250	1274	1274	1252	1110	1119	1119	1112	1091	1091	976	972	955
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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													9:37PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)						2:17PM 0.22												2:56AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	24	24	18	20	20	22	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	24	24	18	20	20	22	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	6	13	7	7	7	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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