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

	Mon		Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Amatu Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Kojima Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SE	0.9 NNW	0.4 SE	0.8 NNE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 S	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	7	9	7	8	6	7	6	4	8	9	4	10	10	8	8	9	5	9	9	5	9	8
Energy	299	82	39	31	263	253	91	48	153	30	75	114	50	587	67	212	155	90	78	38	2091	763
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:05AM 1.34		2:49PM 1.18	2:50AM 1.29		3:15PM 1.31		5:39AM 1.77	4:30PM 1.40		5:19AM 1.85	6:00PM 1.66		4:05AM 1.47	5:24PM 1.35		4:25AM 1.36		7:31PM 1.89	4:52AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		7:31PM 0.56	9:06AM 0.59		8:42PM 0.49	8:56AM 0.44		11:39PM 0.53			11:34PM 0.72	11:51AM 0.23		11:36PM 0.73	10:55AM 0.14		10:48PM 0.77	11:18AM -0.02	12:50PM 0.18	1:06AM 0.94	11:56AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	1	3	5	14	-	-	-	-	-	1	17	18
High °C	18	20	19	20	19	21	19	22	23	15	16	16	16	14	22	19	18	20	24	19	20	16
Low °C	17	19	18	19	19	19	18	22	22	15	15	16	15	13	20	18	17	19	24	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	20	18	20	18	21	19	22	23	14	15	16	16	12	22	18	17	20	24	19	19	15
Sunrise	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:26	-	-	4:45	-
Sunset	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.6 S	0.4 NW	0.9 NNW	0.3 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	1.1 E	1.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 S	2.1 S	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	9	7	6	9	9	6	8	8	6	5	5	6	8	8	8	7	9	9	5	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.3 NE	0.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	5	-	8	7	9	-	8	8	9	9	10	10	6	6	9	8	-	8	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SE	0.9 S	1.4 E	0.8 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	6	7	6	4	5	6	4	5	5	3	3	7	5	4	4	-	9	8

	Monday 27				Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thu
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.3 SE	1.9 SW	0.9 ESE	0.6 NE	0.7 ESE	0.6 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period(s)	7	8	7	7	12	7	7	9	8	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	304	235	746	204	375	91	78	55	52	44	75	66	117	152	280	556	293	347	122	65	18	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						2:05AM 1.34					4:26PM 1.67				3:01AM 1.40				5:08PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)				7:56PM 0.45					10:56AM 0.47				9:55PM 0.56								9:30PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	7	1
Temp. °C	16	18	18	14	14	15	16	20	21	21	22	20	19	18	19	20	17	18	14	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	18	18	13	14	15	16	20	21	21	22	20	19	18	19	20	17	18	14	14	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.3 SE	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 NE	0.8 NNE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	7	8	7	9	8	7	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.0 S	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 NE	0.3 N	0.3 SE	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	8	-	8	8	8	8	13	9	9	9	10	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	1.9 SW	0.5 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	1.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	2	4	7	4	7	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	3	3

	Monday 27														Tuesday 28
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Izumi Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s)	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	9	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7
Energy	291	260	306	304	299	235	196	121	119	66	92	86	96	88	60	180	162	167	69	60	28	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					1:47PM 1.10			4:12PM 1.51										2:24AM 1.24		4:06AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)													9:13PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	18	17	17	18	18	21	21	17	19	18	16	16	15	14	15	14	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	14	18	16	17	18	18	21	21	16	19	18	15	15	15	14	15	14	16	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.5 SE	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	9	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.4 NE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	12	7	12	7	7	7	6	6	16	4	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SE	0.4 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.2 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.6 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	-	2	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	3	7	5	-	4	4	-	-

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