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

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Amatu Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tainohama Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	4	5	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.5 S	1.7 SE	3.0 E	3.5 E	2.4 E	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	3	6	9	9	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	201	224	460	343	314	317	231	51	80	44	65	101	130	11	235	1292	3717	1065	780	657	569	352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:58PM 1.51	12:17AM 1.28		1:55PM 1.11	1:58AM 1.46		4:12PM 1.60		3:38AM 1.70	4:08PM 1.31			5:15PM 1.47	6:03PM 1.81	5:30AM 1.95		7:14PM 1.91	5:53AM 1.95		6:49PM 1.44	5:27AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)				8:21AM 0.50		8:21PM 0.95	7:59AM 0.26		9:30PM 0.99	10:34AM 0.19		10:06PM 1.03	9:33AM -0.02		11:30PM 0.94			12:38AM 1.01			11:42PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	3	1	-	-	-
High °C	20	23	18	21	22	20	21	24	23	24	22	21	21	22	20	23	20	22	23	23	18	22
Low °C	19	22	17	20	21	19	20	23	21	23	21	20	21	22	19	22	20	21	22	21	18	22
Chill °C (?)	20	23	18	21	22	20	21	24	23	24	22	21	21	22	20	23	20	22	23	23	18	22
Sunrise	4:24	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:22	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:31
Sunset	-	7:17	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:57	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 ENE	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	3.0 ESE	2.4 E	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	8	8	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	12	15	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	1.1 S	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	8	6	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	6	9	15	-	15	7	7	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.8 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 S	1.7 SE	3.0 E	3.5 E	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	5	7	-	7	-	8	-	4	-	7	-	-	3	6	9	9	-	-	3	-	5

	Wednesday 10						Thursday 11								Friday 12
	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	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Corners Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s)	9	8	9	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7
Energy	2637	201	826	224	532	536	460	350	390	343	212	314	102	281	317	272	223	231	106	51	77	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				1:58PM 1.51	3:22PM 1.60			1:33AM 1.57				1:55PM 1.11	4:38PM 1.70			2:03AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		6:21AM 0.58								8:21AM 0.50	10:08AM 0.51			8:21PM 0.95				7:59AM 0.26	9:12AM 0.31			7:39PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	24	1	6	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	19	23	23	22	18	17	19	19	20	24	22	24	20	19	21	20	20	22	24	21	21
Chill °C (?)	24	19	23	23	22	18	17	19	19	20	24	22	24	20	19	21	20	20	22	24	21	21
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 NNW	0.7 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	11	6	7	9	8	12	8	8	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	0.8 N	0.8 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 SSE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.7 SSE	-
Period (s)	9	-	7	5	6	7	7	-	-	-	5	7	5	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	-

	Wednesday 10	Thu
	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	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s)	10	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8
Energy	515	545	2637	2586	216	201	201	864	826	826	715	224	363	203	532	532	321	536	313	461	460	460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													3:22PM 1.60									12:17AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	12	-	-	-	2	4	7	6	-	1	-	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	24	23	19	19	19	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	18	18	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	20	24	23	19	19	19	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	18	18	18	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	4:33	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SSW	0.9 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 E	0.2 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	6	11	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NNE	0.8 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	-	1.5 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	9	9	-	-	-	7	7	7	4	5	5	5	6	6	-	7	-	7	7	7

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