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

	Wed		Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Nunoshima Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	5	3	3	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	1	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.2 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	2.2 ENE	0.9 ESE	2.5 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 SW	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 SSW	0.7 NNE
Period(s)	14	12	10	9	12	7	7	7	7	8	12	5	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	7	6	8
Energy	4757	746	628	375	1492	332	314	324	291	252	1398	67	1584	1361	2213	1199	418	316	209	514	288	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:33PM 1.33	5:28AM 1.34		8:19PM 1.24	8:36AM 1.76		9:51PM 1.53	8:37AM 1.52		9:37PM 1.23	10:09AM 1.41		11:37PM 1.69	10:33AM 1.12		10:35PM 1.32	10:38AM 1.05		2:07AM 1.61		2:56PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		12:21AM 0.99		1:41PM 0.15	1:13AM 0.90	3:06AM 1.01	3:00PM 0.31		3:12AM 1.02	4:16PM 0.45	2:56AM 0.88	4:41AM 0.96	4:30PM 0.55		5:29AM 0.86	3:53PM 0.47		5:16AM 0.73	4:51PM 0.59	7:30PM 0.72	7:34AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	26	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5
High °C	22	20	19	19	18	23	22	20	22	23	17	18	21	21	23	22	21	21	22	26	24	27
Low °C	22	19	18	19	17	23	22	20	21	21	17	18	20	21	21	22	19	20	21	23	22	26
Chill °C (?)	22	20	19	19	18	23	22	20	22	23	17	18	21	21	23	22	21	21	22	26	24	27
Sunrise	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:50	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW	2.2 ENE	1.1 SSW	0.9 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	2.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 SW	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	14	12	10	9	12	7	7	7	7	7	12	7	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	8	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.9 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SW	0.2 ESE	1.5 S	1.0 S	2.2 ENE	1.1 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	8	9	7	12	11	13	7	11	10	8	8	11	8	6	6	11	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.6 E	-	1.4 WSW	1.2 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	-	0.9 ESE	1.4 N	-	2.2 N	0.6 NNW	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	-	7	7	7	7	8	-	5	5	-	6	4	-	-	5	7	6	8

	Wednesday 03				Thursday 04								Friday 05								Sat
	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	Osaki Point Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	3	1	2	4	1	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW	0.7 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 ENE	0.7 S	2.2 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	1.4 WSW	2.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 SE	2.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s)	12	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	8	9	11	7	12	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	7
Energy	3481	4757	3052	1604	746	1520	1058	628	120	375	1801	85	1492	72	68	332	438	314	262	591	324	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:33PM 1.33			5:28AM 1.34									8:36AM 1.76					9:51PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		12:21PM 0.15				12:24AM 0.89				1:41PM 0.15					3:02AM 1.10			3:00PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	22	21	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	18	21	21	23	21	22	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	28	22	21	19	19	18	19	18	19	19	18	20	17	21	21	23	21	22	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SW	0.7 S	1.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	2.2 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 E	1.3 SE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	8	9	9	7	12	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 SE	0.9 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	12	7	7	12	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.3 NE	0.6 E	2.5 ENE	0.4 SE	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	1.4 WSW	2.1 E	1.2 E	1.0 SE	2.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	2	4	11	3	-	4	4	7	7	7	6	8	7	-

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	3	1	2	4	1	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	10
Energy	4172	3193	3481	2194	1741	4757	4105	3444	3052	2504	2025	1604	1565	1748	746	746	783	1520	1385	1087	1058	872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											7:33PM 1.33										5:28AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)																12:21AM 0.99	1:36AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	27	28	28	28	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	26	27	28	28	28	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	20	18	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.6 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-

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