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

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	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	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	1	0	1	4	3	5	4	4	3	2	1	0	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 SE	1.6 SE	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.7 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	1.2 NNW	2.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.6 ESE
Period(s)	6	6	6	11	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	7	10	6	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	10
Energy	266	122	13	27	85	550	1219	777	3857	1759	438	313	15	267	1325	1214	626	1116	368	443	300	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:25PM 1.27		3:22AM 1.30			4:36AM 1.51	5:07PM 1.43		4:05AM 1.48	5:38PM 1.32	7:06PM 1.67	5:45AM 1.75		7:32PM 1.68	6:41AM 1.78		7:55PM 1.63	4:46AM 1.45		7:36PM 1.30	7:37AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	9:39AM 0.33		9:19PM 0.46	10:00AM 0.16	2:49PM 0.28	10:02PM 0.73	11:13AM 0.10		10:32PM 0.79	10:55AM 0.14		12:41AM 0.67		12:50PM 0.18	1:03AM 0.79		1:17PM 0.01	1:15AM 0.95		12:02PM 0.15	12:21AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	14	17	29	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	19	22	14	14	17	18	18	16	16	17	18	19	19	23	22	21	21	19	19	19	16	18
Low °C	17	20	12	13	14	18	16	16	15	16	18	18	18	23	20	19	19	16	19	18	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	22	12	13	16	17	16	16	14	16	18	19	18	23	22	21	21	18	19	18	15	18
Sunrise	4:54	-	-	5:28	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:48	-	-	4:56
Sunset	-	6:29	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 NE	1.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.9 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 NNW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SW	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	6	9	6	7	7	13	13	8	9	9	9	7	6	9	10	8	9	10	8	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 NE	1.6 SE	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 SE	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	11	4	11	10	-	8	9	12	10	9	9	10	-	10	-	-	-	9	-	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.4 N	2.4 ESE	3.0 SE	-	4.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	1.0 N	2.3 WSW	1.1 NE	0.8 NW
Period (s)	6	6	3	3	3	7	8	-	9	9	-	-	-	6	8	8	8	8	9	6	5	4

	Wednesday 29						Thursday 30								Friday 01
	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	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	4	3	4	3	4	5	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 NNE	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.2 ESE	2.0 E	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.5 E
Period(s)	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	8
Energy	242	209	170	212	76	14	117	9	7	6	203	387	122	626	1257	529	1219	585	1375	3362	724	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:08AM 1.28								3:22AM 1.43				5:11PM 1.72				5:05AM 1.68				5:07PM 1.43	6:08PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			9:10AM 0.44				10:19PM 0.56				9:49AM 0.15				11:41PM 0.59				9:55AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	1	2	12	8	1	2	1	3	1	4	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	20	18	14	14	17	12	12	12	13	15	14	16	15	14	17	19	16	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	18	13	12	17	10	10	10	11	14	13	16	14	13	17	19	15	16	16	15
Sunrise	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.9 SSW	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	1.1 E	0.1 S	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 SE	1.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	7	9	6	5	6	5	6	6	5	6	7	13	7	8	8	8	7	13	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.2 W	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.2 N	0.4 S	0.1 N	0.6 S	-	1.2 S	0.1 NE	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	5	4	6	7	4	6	9	10	3	7	5	8	-	8	8	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.3 NE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 NNE	0.3 E	1.2 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.5 E	1.8 E	1.2 ESE	2.0 E	2.5 ESE	0.3 N	2.5 ESE	-	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.6 SSW	0.2 W
Period (s)	6	9	6	6	6	2	5	3	3	3	7	7	6	7	8	5	8	-	8	9	8	3

	Wednesday 29	Thu
	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	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Kodogawa Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	4	3	4	3	4	5	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE
Period(s)	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	6	5	11	11	11	4	5	5	6	6
Energy	216	253	354	148	122	72	137	53	40	40	99	18	16	28	11	11	9	28	93	98	15	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:08AM 1.28														5:18PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	19	19	20	19	15	17	20	17	17	18	18	20	18	20	15	14	15	15	13	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	20	18	14	16	20	16	16	18	18	20	17	20	13	12	13	14	10	11	11	15
Sunrise	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	6	6	9	6	6	6	6	11	6	10	11	11	6	5	6	6	6	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	8	8	11	-	13	6	11	11	11	9	8	6	8	8	8	6	6	9	9	4	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 NNE	-	1.3 SW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.9 NNE	0.7 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	6	7	6	6	6	-	6	2	2	2	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	6

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