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

	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	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	Kurihama Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hebara Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Ikumi Beach Shikoku
Rating	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	3.0 SE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	8	12	11	12	11	11	7
Energy(?)	978	1675	2527	2736	2299	1937	1513	3456	1195	1921	1215	884	665	554	597	32	548	457	246	155	289	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	on	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	off	cross	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:08PM 1.89	4:23AM 1.41	5:40PM 1.43		4:37AM 1.50		8:00PM 1.82	7:23AM 1.87		7:03PM 1.38	8:29AM 1.84		9:28PM 1.61	8:02AM 1.70		9:20PM 1.22	9:58AM 1.58		11:11PM 1.08	11:27AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	11:42AM 0.15		11:59PM 0.57	11:01AM -0.08		11:15PM 0.69	11:32AM -0.01		1:38AM 0.67		2:57PM -0.13	11:50PM 0.97		2:29PM 0.09	2:33AM 1.06		1:34PM 0.12	12:59AM 1.11	4:17AM 0.97	4:09PM 0.30	2:41AM 1.01	5:51AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	15	-
High °C	13	21	14	18	17	17	22	18	22	22	21	20	20	22	20	18	22	20	20	21	24	21
Low °C	11	19	13	18	16	16	21	17	20	21	21	19	19	22	18	18	21	19	19	19	23	19
Chill °C (?)	12	21	13	18	17	17	22	18	22	22	21	20	20	22	20	18	22	20	20	21	24	21
Sunrise	5:07	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:22
Sunset	-	6:44	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	3.0 SE	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	16	16	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	8	12	11	6	11	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	0.2 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	12	13	10	7	11	11	10	10	11	12	11	16	16	12	15	11	14	13	12	6	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 N
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	5	5	3

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	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SE	1.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14
Energy(?)	1642	1532	1476	1254	1204	1113	1913	2162	3482	3423	3381	2698	1588	3103	2375	2285	2278	2089	1146	1784	3034	1726
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:21AM 1.85				4:50PM 1.44									6:53PM 1.90				6:06AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	11:23PM 0.49				10:24AM 0.05					12:37AM 0.48				12:22PM 0.04			10:47PM 0.76				11:39AM -0.15	2:13PM -0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	16	11	13	15	13	14	19	19	23	16	23	19	18	17	16	16	21	17	18	22
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	8	11	15	12	13	19	19	23	16	23	19	18	17	16	16	21	17	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 E	2.0 SSE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	10	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 ENE	-	2.2 E	0.2 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 E	0.2 E	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	17	14	11	-	9	13	11	9	12	7	7	11	11	10	-	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.6 NE	1.1 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 E	-	-	2.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	5	8	8	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 17
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.1 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	16	15
Energy(?)	1651	1651	1642	1010	1413	1067	1857	996	1708	1720	1911	1607	1401	1760	1428	1415	2474	2296	1210	1345	1899	2227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)							3:50AM 1.44			6:02AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)			11:23PM 0.49												11:42AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	11	10	10	10	10	19	20	22	11	22	18	18	18	12	12	22	14	13	22
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	8	6	6	6	6	19	20	22	8	22	18	18	18	10	10	22	13	11	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.1 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	10	10	15	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.1 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.6 N	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	16	9	12	12	14	14	8	12	15	-	-	-	14	14	8	11	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NNE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.2 NE	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E	0.6 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.0 NE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.3 NNE	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	8	8	3	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	9	7	7	8	8	7	6	11	-

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