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

	Sat	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tainohama Shikoku	Corners Okinawa
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	3.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 S
Period(s)	12	8	9	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	8
Energy	1119	882	1090	1809	1455	1632	603	719	398	608	53	118	418	405	68	105	248	214	100	75	50	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:37PM 1.23	10:35AM 1.54		11:22PM 1.53	8:48AM 1.10		11:22PM 1.26	10:38AM 1.05		11:36PM 1.25		12:26PM 1.07	2:43AM 1.86	3:24AM 1.82	3:34PM 1.63	12:28AM 1.40		4:16PM 1.34	1:08AM 1.45	3:06AM 1.69	5:25PM 1.71	6:33PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)	2:56AM 0.88	5:04AM 0.99	4:30PM 0.55		3:42AM 0.81	4:50PM 0.63		5:16AM 0.73	4:40PM 0.57		7:24AM 0.69	5:58PM 0.71	8:34PM 0.88	10:08AM 0.51		6:35PM 0.89	9:00AM 0.24		7:39PM 0.98	10:01AM 0.13		12:05AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	20	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
High °C	18	25	22	21	21	23	21	23	22	21	21	22	25	23	23	21	22	23	22	25	26	23
Low °C	17	25	21	20	20	21	20	22	22	20	19	21	23	23	23	20	21	22	21	22	25	22
Chill °C (?)	18	25	22	21	21	23	21	23	22	21	21	22	25	23	23	21	22	23	22	25	26	23
Sunrise	-	5:09	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:19	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.1 S	2.2 ESE	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	12	8	9	8	11	10	7	7	7	7	8	7	10	6	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.5 ENE	1.8 E	2.1 SSW	1.3 SE	0.5 N	1.1 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	7	12	8	10	7	4	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	10	6	6	7	7	7	6	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 S	1.2 N	0.7 NNE	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 ENE	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	8	5	5	10	10	10	7	7	7	4	4	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Sat		Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	8	12	12	12	12	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	7	7	7
Energy	197	1274	1119	1094	972	882	752	1090	1043	4402	1809	1273	1572	1455	1866	1632	1286	1253	603	577	1001	719
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:37PM 1.23				9:41AM 1.48				11:22PM 1.53			8:48AM 1.10	9:05AM 1.09				11:22PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	4:16PM 0.45			2:56AM 0.88					4:39PM 0.53				5:18AM 0.96				4:22PM 0.50				5:18AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	19	9	2	1	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	17	18	17	17	25	22	22	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	21	21	21	21	20	22
Chill °C (?)	22	17	18	17	17	25	22	22	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	21	21	21	21	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-
Sunset	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.0 S	3.0 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 E	1.6 S	1.1 E	2.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	0.9 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	9	9	8	8	10	10	11	8	10	10	10	7	10	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 E	0.5 N	1.3 E	1.0 S	1.1 E	0.6 SSE	0.9 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	12	7	8	8	10	10	8	8	7	10	4	10	7	10	7	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	1.5 ENE	1.2 N	1.0 N	3.5 E	0.7 NNE	-	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	0.5 NW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	8	7	5	5	8	5	-	10	10	9	10	4	10	10	7	7	7

	Saturday 06	Sunday 07
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 ENE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SW
Period(s)	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	7	11	8	9
Energy	87	88	197	1246	1137	1274	1252	1110	1119	1119	1112	1094	1091	976	972	955	939	882	936	890	752	1664
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							9:37PM 1.23										7:55AM 1.16		9:47AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)												2:56AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	-	1	-
High °C	20	20	22	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	25	24	20	22	24
Chill °C (?)	20	20	22	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	25	24	20	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	7	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	2.5 S	-	1.5 ENE	2.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	7	9

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