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

	Tue		Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	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	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Gomoda Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Katahama Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Rocky Point Okinawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	4	1	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE	0.9 S	0.5 SW	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.3 S	0.1 SE	2.1 ESE	3.0 E	0.9 NW	2.5 E	1.5 ESE	1.8 E
Period(s)	9	7	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	7	10	6	8	7	8	8	9
Energy	245	241	1557	540	230	294	317	299	213	54	123	59	115	70	11	10	371	1878	132	1614	376	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:46AM 1.79		2:44PM 1.63	12:17AM 1.28		2:58PM 1.27	1:58AM 1.46		4:55PM 1.60			4:08PM 1.31			5:15PM 1.47	6:03PM 1.83	5:06AM 1.92		6:24PM 1.49	5:21AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	4:40PM 0.57	7:24PM 0.89	8:27AM 0.69			8:21AM 0.50		8:21PM 0.95	8:32AM 0.27		9:30PM 0.99	9:14AM 0.15		10:21PM 1.02	9:53AM -0.03		11:31PM 0.95		1:02PM -0.11	11:33PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	5	52	73	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	23	23	18	21	22	20	20	23	23	21	22	22	21	22	19	22	25	18	21	24
Low °C	20	17	23	23	17	20	21	19	20	23	20	21	21	20	21	21	18	21	25	17	20	21
Chill °C (?)	21	18	23	23	18	21	22	20	20	23	23	21	22	22	21	22	19	22	25	17	21	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:37	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:57	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.7 S	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 ENE	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE	0.9 S	0.5 SW	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	2.5 ESE	0.9 NW	2.0 E	1.5 ESE	1.8 E
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	7	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	14	8	7	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.6 N	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	0.2 E	0.6 W	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	8	5	6	8	7	8	8	7	7	8	10	7	-	15	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 ENE	2.3 SW	0.8 NNE	-	-	0.8 E	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	2.1 ESE	3.0 E	-	2.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	9	4	-	-	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	6	8	-	8	-	-

	Tuesday 09				Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Fri
	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	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Corners Okinawa	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.6 SW	0.7 S	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW	0.6 S	1.2 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 S
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	8	11	7	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	293	245	252	236	241	430	218	1557	95	540	224	244	230	216	280	294	214	317	220	341	299	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:38AM 1.05					12:37AM 1.41				2:44PM 1.63				12:17AM 1.28				2:58PM 1.27	3:06PM 1.48			2:20AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			4:21PM 0.65					8:27AM 0.69								8:21AM 0.50	10:08AM 0.51			8:21PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	24	-	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	20	20	19	21	17	19	18	23	24	23	23	18	17	17	19	20	23	21	22	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	21	17	19	18	23	24	23	23	18	17	17	19	20	23	21	22	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.7 S	1.6 SW	0.7 S	2.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.8 SW	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	8	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 N	0.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.7 E	0.6 SSE	0.4 E
Period (s)	6	8	7	16	7	9	6	8	9	7	8	10	8	8	5	5	7	6	9	6	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	-	-	0.9 S	1.0 ENE	-	1.0 E	2.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.8 NNE	-	1.2 ENE	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	7	7	-	6	9	3	4	-	7	-	6	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 09	Wednesday 10
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Corners Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 SW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 S	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 S	2.4 SW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	9
Energy	346	296	293	249	246	245	245	324	252	220	269	236	206	267	241	241	618	430	1151	602	218	910
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:38AM 1.05															1:22AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	6
High °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	21	17	17	17	17	19	19	24	19	18	24
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	21	17	17	17	17	19	19	24	19	18	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	5:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	0.8 N	1.4 SW	0.7 S	2.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 N
Period (s)	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	10	7	7	16	16	7	7	7	7	8	9	11	8	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 N	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 SW	-	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 E	-
Period (s)	5	4	4	3	3	-	-	8	-	-	7	7	4	7	7	7	8	-	9	8	6	-

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