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 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	1	1	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	2.1 SE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.8 SSW	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	2.0 E	1.5 E	0.7 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	9
Energy	282	226	292	415	595	562	373	1025	517	231	279	215	213	532	424	406	604	155	124	914	316	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:29AM 2.11		8:43PM 1.95	7:34AM 1.98		8:37PM 1.80	8:33AM 1.88		9:21PM 1.79	8:04AM 1.69		10:33PM 1.61	8:38AM 1.49		11:39PM 1.53	11:11AM 1.51		11:11PM 1.16	9:52AM 1.03	12:48PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		10:25PM 0.98		2:13PM -0.11	2:10AM 0.85		2:26PM -0.07	2:00AM 0.94		3:13PM 0.03	2:35AM 1.14		3:02PM 0.21		3:27AM 1.11	3:57PM 0.33		5:43AM 0.98			4:51AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	3	4	3	1	-	-	2	10	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	23	23	23	25	25	21	24	24	22	21	22	20	18	19	20	23	23	20	20	25
Low °C	21	18	22	22	22	24	24	20	23	24	22	21	22	19	17	18	19	23	23	19	20	25
Chill °C (?)	21	19	23	23	23	25	25	21	24	24	22	21	22	20	18	19	20	23	23	20	20	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:43	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:31	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	-	-	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.7 SE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	7	6	7	6	9	9	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 N	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	5	7	7	-	9	-	7	6	8	7	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 E	1.7 E	-	-	0.3 SW	2.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 S	1.8 SSW	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	2.0 E	0.3 NNW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	-	-	3	8	4	4	-	6	6	7	7	7	8	6	3	8	4	6

	Sunday 17				Monday 18								Tuesday 19								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	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE
Period(s)	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Energy	204	282	255	285	226	213	216	292	291	415	425	1016	595	567	656	562	421	373	343	925	1025	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:49PM 1.42				4:17AM 1.49	7:29AM 2.11				8:56PM 2.03				7:34AM 1.98				8:37PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	10:37AM -0.07				10:25PM 0.98					2:13PM -0.11				2:10AM 0.85				2:26PM -0.07				2:00AM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	3	1	-
Temp. °C	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	22	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	24	25	25	24	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	22	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	24	25	25	24	21	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	9	9	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	8	8	-

	Sunday 17														Monday 18
	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	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Onjuku Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Californias Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	283	108	204	112	283	282	285	247	255	260	233	285	279	231	226	226	217	213	214	209	216	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)									5:49PM 1.42										3:42AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)					1:33PM -0.11									10:25PM 0.98
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	23	23	22	24	23	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	24	23	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	13	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	10	9	10	-	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	1.4 E	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	2	-	2	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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