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

	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Sat
	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	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kuminatu Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 E	1.9 E
Period(s)	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	10	6	6	10	9	9	10	10
Energy	213	240	322	296	277	229	217	360	564	588	593	699	572	597	522	210	260	204	1025	906	791	744
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:26PM 1.96	5:35AM 1.97			4:17AM 1.49		8:26PM 1.99	7:51AM 2.14		8:51PM 1.86	7:42AM 1.89		9:31PM 1.67	7:42AM 1.61		11:32PM 1.57	6:26AM 1.26		10:05PM 1.27	7:45AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)	10:01AM -0.08		11:58PM 0.86		1:33PM -0.11	10:25PM 0.98	11:27AM -0.26	2:13PM -0.11	1:54AM 0.88		2:49PM -0.12	2:12AM 1.03		2:29PM 0.09	2:46AM 1.06		2:59PM 0.17			2:56PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	23	21	22	23	21	22	24	23	24	25	21	23	24	20	18	19	24	21	19	20	21
Low °C	18	22	19	21	23	18	21	23	22	24	25	19	22	22	19	18	19	23	19	19	19	21
Chill °C (?)	18	23	21	22	23	21	22	24	23	24	25	21	23	24	20	18	19	24	21	19	20	21
Sunrise	4:37	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:15	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:28
Sunset	-	7:04	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:06	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SSE	1.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 ESE	0.5 S	1.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	13	9	9	12	8	9	9	7	10	8	10	7	7	10	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	10	8	8	7	-	-	11	-	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	-	-	1.6 E	1.2 E	-	-	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 SE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	-	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	8	-	-	8	8	9	7	6	6	-	9	9	-	-

	Saturday 16						Sunday 17								Monday 18
	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	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kuminatu Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9
Energy	231	213	240	240	67	227	322	309	306	296	212	277	214	258	229	201	200	217	204	360	360	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:05AM 1.42					6:26PM 1.96			5:34AM 1.99								4:26AM 1.42					7:49PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			12:00PM 0.04				11:58PM 0.86				10:30AM -0.06	1:33PM -0.11			10:25PM 0.98					2:13PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	23	23	21	21	20	19	19	21	23	23	22	20	21	19	20	21	23	24	23	21
Chill °C (?)	16	18	23	23	21	21	20	19	19	21	23	23	22	20	21	19	20	21	23	24	23	21
Sunrise	4:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	13	9	9	9	8	9	9	12	12	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	9	11	10	11	6	9	8	8	9	9	-	8	9	9	11	7	8	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	5

	Saturday 16	Sun
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	215	220	231	201	204	213	279	279	240	240	240	240	269	466	67	204	201	227	227	222	322	315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:05AM 1.42															6:26PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)									12:00PM 0.04												11:58PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	17	18	18	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	17	18	18	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	4:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.6 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	9	9	6	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	15	6	6	6	6	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	-	-	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	7	-	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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