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

	Mon	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16
	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	Buma Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba
Rating	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	1.9 NNW	0.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	2.3 NNE	0.9 E	1.6 ENE	1.9 E	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 E	4.0 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	7	11	9	10	11	13	14	14	14	13	8	8	12	16	15	14	16	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	150	421	60	619	939	359	797	941	1793	206	162	10	1191	232	1516	1546	2436	2859	1741	2918	5871	2185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:53AM 1.40		10:15PM 0.95	9:40AM 1.49		2:06AM 1.25	11:26AM 1.46			4:12AM 1.46			3:37AM 1.19			4:33AM 1.12	2:44PM 1.07		3:53AM 1.18	2:43PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)	1:16AM 0.78		3:13PM 0.35	2:01AM 0.85	3:39AM 1.02	3:36PM 0.34	6:19PM 0.70	5:14AM 1.22		8:04PM 0.57	9:26AM 1.35		7:10PM 0.34	8:52AM 0.97		9:03PM 0.21	9:42AM 0.79		8:56PM 0.17	9:22AM 0.68		10:19PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	9	16	11	7	11	8	12	8	13	8	8	10	9	10	12	12	11	15	14	11	13	9
Low °C	6	16	11	4	11	7	11	7	13	5	7	8	6	6	11	9	9	14	11	10	13	9
Chill °C (?)	9	14	9	4	9	6	12	5	11	6	6	7	5	8	10	12	10	15	14	9	12	7
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:17	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.1 SW	2.3 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE	1.6 ENE	1.6 NE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.6 ENE	1.9 E	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 E	4.0 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	8	11	6	10	11	9	14	13	14	6	13	14	12	16	15	14	16	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.7 WNW	0.1 S	1.3 ENE	0.1 SE	1.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.5 NE	1.1 NNE	0.4 W	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	5	13	10	9	7	11	13	11	14	7	13	7	9	17	8	6	6	-	5	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.9 NNW	1.2 NE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNE	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	2.3 NNE	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	4	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.7 NNE	0.7 ENE	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.3 NNE	2.2 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	6	11	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	10	8	10	9	9	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	197	169	300	283	320	127	402	367	346	283	298	1113	672	671	271	691	652	663	836	1072	848	1142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		8:09PM 1.15	9:08PM 1.07			7:21AM 1.25	10:08AM 1.67				10:54PM 1.41			7:32AM 1.26								8:14AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)				1:55AM 0.78	3:15AM 0.88				5:13PM 0.61			1:19AM 0.90					4:20PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	9	13	11	7	6	16	16	16	16	11	4	5	6	8	11	11	11	7	7	6	12
Chill °C (?)	8	9	12	11	4	2	15	15	15	15	11	0	2	3	6	11	11	11	4	5	4	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.1 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	7	11	12	12	8	8	6	8	8	10	8	10	9	9	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 E	0.2 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.2 S	0.8 E	0.5 W	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	12	5	8	8	12	8	11	10	10	6	10	6	12	14	10	12	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	-	-	1.7 NNE	0.9 NE	1.8 N	1.7 N	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.3 NNE	2.2 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	6	6	8	8	5	5	6	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-

	Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.7 N	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	11	6	6	6	6	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	244	159	367	400	41	188	226	233	240	266	84	148	154	134	118	261	261	221	125	126	96	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						8:25PM 1.02		10:50PM 1.48									7:47AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-
High °C	10	10	12	12	10	9	16	16	16	17	8	6	6	6	7	9	10	10	6	5	4	11
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	10	7	9	14	14	14	16	4	3	2	2	3	6	7	7	2	0	-1	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	8	8	8	8	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	6	6	8	4	13	13	13	14	12	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.7 N	0.7 NW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.8 NE	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 NNE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	4	6	6	5	5

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