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

	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Chikura Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.0 S	1.1 E	2.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSE	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 NE	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E
Period(s)	10	9	11	7	6	8	6	12	12	12	9	11	8	12	10	7	5	7	11	9	9	9
Energy	653	310	75	138	216	570	233	288	1210	757	1898	4540	1182	1514	1067	565	111	238	84	85	122	42
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:36PM 1.84	8:36AM 1.76		9:49PM 1.54	8:56AM 1.51		9:37PM 1.23	7:04AM 1.17		11:21PM 1.52	9:58AM 1.04		10:49PM 1.26	11:20AM 1.01	1:20PM 1.43	12:11AM 1.19		12:26PM 1.07	11:50PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		1:41PM 0.15	3:00AM 1.14	3:06AM 1.01	3:00PM 0.31		3:31AM 0.99	3:29PM 0.42	2:56AM 0.88		5:06PM 0.62		4:54AM 0.81	3:53PM 0.47		5:47AM 0.73			8:39AM 0.69	5:58PM 0.71		7:01AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	5	2	-	-
High °C	19	18	21	23	23	21	22	20	17	18	27	21	21	22	21	23	26	21	25	22	20	23
Low °C	18	18	20	22	22	20	20	20	17	18	24	20	20	22	20	22	25	20	25	21	19	21
Chill °C (?)	19	18	21	23	23	21	22	20	17	18	27	21	21	22	21	23	26	21	25	22	20	23
Sunrise	4:26	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:22
Sunset	-	6:55	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:57	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:19	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SE	0.6 SSW	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	1.6 ENE	2.0 SSE	1.4 E	1.4 SW	0.6 S	1.0 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	9	6	7	6	7	6	7	12	12	9	9	10	8	9	8	6	7	7	9	5	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.8 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	0.1 SW	1.6 E	1.2 S	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	11	9	7	12	7	11	7	7	10	11	14	10	8	9	7	9	8	7	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.6 E	-	-	1.1 E	2.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	3.0 N	3.0 ENE	2.4 SSE	-	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 NE	1.2 SW	1.0 NE	0.6 ENE	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	4	-	-	6	8	6	12	-	-	7	9	8	-	10	7	5	7	4	4	-	4

	Thursday 04						Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Katahama Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 E	2.2 ENE
Period(s)	11	10	8	9	8	9	11	6	6	7	6	6	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	12	8	12
Energy	1019	653	106	310	240	255	75	48	95	138	173	216	725	654	570	292	254	233	227	288	266	1386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	5:28AM 1.34						9:36PM 1.84			8:36AM 1.76					9:49PM 1.54			8:56AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)				1:41PM 0.15								3:00PM 0.31					3:31AM 0.99				4:09PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	6	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	19	19	24	18	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	23	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	20	22	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	24	18	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	23	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	20	22	17
Sunrise	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSW	1.3 E	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	8	9	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.8 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	9	11	9	9	9	9	7	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	11	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	0.3 NNE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.6 E	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E	-	-
Period (s)	5	10	3	4	4	9	-	-	4	-	6	6	8	8	8	-	7	6	6	12	-	-

	Thursday 04	Fri
	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	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka
Rating	4	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	6	11	8
Energy	1385	1048	1019	1019	823	653	241	104	106	71	354	310	298	246	240	208	211	255	67	74	75	58
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:28AM 1.34																9:36PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)											1:41PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-
High °C	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	24	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	21	20	18
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	24	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	21	20	18
Sunrise	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	11	10	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	10	10	2	2	3	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	-	-	-	4

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