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

	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	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	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Junkyards Okinawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Corners Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba
Rating	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	4	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.5 SE	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	6	8	9	7	7	8	8	7
Energy(?)	1545	2746	1431	1556	1421	908	851	580	400	475	493	287	283	143	204	1113	850	353	263	285	122	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:45PM 1.94	8:08AM 2.05		7:21PM 1.32	5:43AM 1.43		8:23PM 1.21	9:24AM 1.87		10:52PM 1.56	8:43AM 1.61		11:07PM 1.19	9:44AM 1.46		12:34AM 1.22	7:59AM 1.03		2:45AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)	11:18AM -0.01	1:53PM -0.12	2:25AM 0.65		1:40PM -0.02	12:23AM 0.82		3:45PM -0.01	12:58AM 0.88	3:44AM 0.94	3:16PM 0.19		3:24AM 1.16	4:51PM 0.28	2:10AM 1.15	4:54AM 1.23	5:35PM 0.46		6:20AM 1.03	5:39PM 0.36	6:41PM 0.38	7:51AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	32	50	7	40	6	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	23	18	21	20	17	17	19	18	18	19	20	18	17	18	25	21	21	19	21	21	15	18
Low °C	22	18	20	19	17	17	19	16	17	18	20	16	17	16	24	20	20	19	20	18	13	17
Chill °C (?)	23	18	21	20	16	16	18	18	18	19	20	18	15	18	25	21	21	18	21	21	13	18
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:56	-	-	4:52
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.5 SE	0.5 E	1.2 E	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.6 NW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	10	8	12	8	7	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.7 W	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	12	11	9	9	13	16	5	13	13	13	13	-	13	12	-	8	7	13	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 SE	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.1 ESE	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	1.4 NW	-	0.5 E	0.6 NW	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	6	8	9	7	-	8	4	5

	Sunday 19						Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	1.7 E	2.5 SE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	2080	1093	1530	1524	1787	3051	3110	1292	2400	1146	1542	1267	1077	1068	908	615	609	502	697	613	531	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	4:22AM 1.56	7:20AM 1.93				6:29PM 1.40			5:20AM 1.45	8:08AM 2.05				8:46PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)				2:13PM -0.17			11:49PM 0.72	2:25AM 0.65				2:00PM -0.14			11:50PM 0.97	1:56AM 0.92				1:06PM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	22	23	22	18	17	17	20	16	21	20	21	20	19	17	17	17	19	19	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	16	22	23	22	18	17	17	20	16	21	20	21	20	19	16	17	17	18	19	20	18	20
Sunrise	5:01	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	1.7 E	2.5 SE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	9	12	12	-	10	10	12	10	12	10	11	-	10	9	4	16	13	13	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	5

	Sunday 19																				Mon
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.8 ESE	2.4 SE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 SE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	2019	1167	1524	1509	1816	2457	2457	1549	2578	1569	1483	1455	1482	1821	2671	1446	1589	2834	3331	3292	3269	3219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	7:51PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)									11:37AM -0.20		1:13PM -0.06											12:36AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	22	22	22	19	17	18	23	19	22	19	20	20	20	17	19	19	17	16	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	22	22	22	19	17	18	23	19	22	19	20	20	20	17	19	19	17	16	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.8 ESE	2.4 SE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 SE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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