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

	Sun		Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 SE	1.1 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.6 SW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	1.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	1.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	6	8	9	8	8	6	9	6	6	7	5	9	10	6	9	9	8	9	9	9
Energy	702	545	381	291	82	125	36	161	48	174	22	9	109	52	53	238	181	183	232	210	238	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:37AM 1.59	3:24PM 1.51		4:06AM 1.83	4:00PM 1.47			3:38PM 1.25			3:58PM 1.36		3:10AM 1.44		6:08PM 1.96	3:39AM 1.42		6:57PM 1.76	5:40AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		8:54PM 0.49	9:50AM 0.70		9:19PM 0.51	10:24AM 0.61		10:29PM 0.53	9:10AM 0.44		11:39PM 0.53	9:35AM 0.30		9:28PM 0.73	9:55AM 0.20	12:34PM 0.15	11:53PM 0.66	10:34AM 0.14	12:25PM 0.03	12:37AM 0.67		12:21PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	18	15	20	19	19	19	22	22	18	13	14	14	20	14	17	21	20	19	19	20
Low °C	19	17	17	15	19	18	18	18	21	21	13	13	14	13	16	14	15	20	19	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	18	17	13	20	19	19	18	22	22	17	11	12	13	20	13	16	21	20	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	6:50	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 SE	1.1 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	-	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	6	8	9	7	8	7	9	6	6	7	9	9	10	-	9	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	1.1 S	0.4 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 NE	0.8 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 E
Period (s)	6	11	12	7	5	8	12	8	9	11	-	8	9	8	4	-	7	9	8	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	1.1 NE	0.4 NE	-	1.9 ENE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	5	3	-	-	6	6	6	6	2	3	5	4	-	6	-	-	3	4	-	2

	Sunday 26				Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wed
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Izumi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	3.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 ENE	2.0 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	10	9	9	8	9	9	7	8	7	7	9	6	7	7	7	9	7	7	12	12	5	6
Energy	892	700	626	1308	545	514	342	237	230	250	116	219	323	100	88	55	49	131	48	56	76	138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:30PM 1.40					3:08AM 1.48			1:47PM 1.10	4:12PM 1.51			2:05AM 1.34				2:35PM 1.20	4:02PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				8:48PM 0.55								7:45PM 0.55					9:57AM 0.56				9:55PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	2	30	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	19	18	18	18	14	19	17	15	21	15	15	15	16	20	23	19	21	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	18	18	18	13	19	16	14	21	15	15	15	16	20	23	19	21	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	0.1 SE	1.8 E	1.7 ENE	0.1 SE	1.3 E	1.1 S	1.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.8 S	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	13	9	9	13	8	7	7	9	7	7	7	7	9	7	8	4	5	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.6 S	-	0.4 S	1.1 ESE	1.0 S	0.5 N	0.7 SE	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 N	0.3 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	13	7	11	5	-	5	7	7	6	8	7	7	7	5	12	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 ESE	-	0.7 SW	2.0 ESE	-	0.8 NW	0.3 NW	-	1.0 NE	1.2 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.7 S	-	-	-	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	5	7	-	4	3	-	6	7	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	6

	Sunday 26	Monday 27
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Izumi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	3.0 ESE	2.0 E	2.2 E	1.6 ESE	2.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.7 E	0.7 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	10	8	10	10	6	9	6	13	10	13	13	13	13	10	9	13	9	9	7	7
Energy	910	804	787	1366	717	894	198	692	94	184	129	219	226	235	210	145	476	250	397	339	342	342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					1:48PM 1.41	2:31PM 1.53													3:23AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)										6:57PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	2
High °C	18	20	20	18	20	21	17	19	18	17	20	17	17	17	17	20	18	17	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	20	20	17	20	21	16	19	18	17	20	17	17	17	17	20	18	16	15	15	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	-	2.0 E	2.2 E	0.1 SE	2.0 E	0.6 NE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 ENE	1.7 E	1.1 SE	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	10	10	13	9	13	6	10	6	6	6	6	10	9	6	9	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 NE	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.7 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	6	11	-	13	8	13	-	13	13	13	13	4	5	13	5	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 ESE	-	0.1 SW	1.6 ESE	-	1.0 ESE	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.8 N	0.7 N	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	6	6	-	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	5	7	7

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