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 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kojima Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 E	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	2.0 E	1.4 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.0 E	1.8 E	1.5 ESE	1.1 S	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.2 SSE	1.8 S
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	5	7
Energy	71	115	511	532	516	594	952	272	541	392	283	515	220	218	635	508	424	227	217	83	127	540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:01PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.87	5:22AM 1.97		7:02PM 1.94	4:04AM 1.53		7:52PM 1.92	6:49AM 1.96		8:28PM 1.76	7:23AM 1.80		8:13PM 1.38	7:31AM 1.54		9:00PM 1.42	8:26AM 1.44		10:22PM 1.87	9:43AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	10:38AM -0.06		11:58PM 1.01			12:30AM 1.00	11:25AM -0.21		1:18AM 1.00			1:47AM 0.97		2:11PM 0.13	1:14AM 0.92		1:42PM 0.13	2:13AM 0.96	3:03AM 0.92	4:08PM 0.43		4:15AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	23	9	3	-	-	-	8	10	3
High °C	22	22	20	21	21	21	22	20	22	24	22	22	23	23	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	26
Low °C	22	22	19	20	21	21	20	20	22	23	21	20	21	22	21	21	23	23	23	24	22	24
Chill °C (?)	22	22	20	21	21	21	22	20	22	24	22	22	23	23	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	26
Sunrise	4:33	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:24	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:07
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 E	1.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 E	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	6	8	15	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	10	7	7	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	15	12	15	15	7	13	7	10	9	8	7	10	8	11	8	8	9	7	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	2.1 E	-	-	-	2.0 E	-	2.0 E	1.8 E	-	1.8 E	1.5 ESE	-	2.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.8 S	1.2 SSE	1.8 S
Period (s)	-	6	8	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	-	7	7	-	7	3	4	-	-	6	5	7

	Sunday 14						Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.4 E	2.3 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.1 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	118	71	114	115	84	350	511	567	612	532	556	516	1417	1334	594	667	523	952	265	272	268	630
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					5:01PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.87			5:30AM 1.95					6:24PM 1.49			4:04AM 1.53					7:52PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			9:33AM -0.02				11:58PM 1.01												11:20AM -0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	21	22	23	22	22	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	21	16	16	20	20	20	20	22
Chill °C (?)	21	22	23	22	22	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	21	15	15	20	20	20	20	22
Sunrise	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.3 S
Period (s)	8	6	8	8	8	12	15	14	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	15	15	6	15	12	15	15	15	15	15	-	-	7	13	13	13	7	7	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	-	-	-	-	2.4 E	2.3 E	-	1.1 N	0.9 N	2.0 E	-	-	-	2.1 E
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	4	6	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	5	6	8	-	-	-	8

	Sunday 14	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.8 SW	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	8	8
Energy	116	129	118	114	71	71	71	56	114	115	115	115	79	84	84	480	261	350	382	459	511	525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)															5:01PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)																					11:58PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	27	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	24	19	19	19	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	27	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	24	18	19	19	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	12	12	12	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	15	15	15	15	15	6	6	6	13	15	15	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.8 SW	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	7	6	6	7	7	8	8

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