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

	Sat	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	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	Katahama Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Aoshima Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	4	4	4	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 E	2.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 S	1.4 S	2.1 SW	3.0 E	1.3 SW	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 ENE
Period(s)	7	8	8	7	8	9	9	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	8	8	9	8	7	8
Energy	72	112	81	460	693	767	543	933	67	231	370	378	420	682	1400	244	1310	1067	1846	78	75	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			5:01PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.87	5:06AM 1.92		7:02PM 1.94	4:04AM 1.53		6:24PM 1.43	6:49AM 1.96		8:24PM 1.98	7:10AM 1.97		9:31PM 1.86	5:51AM 1.44		8:24PM 1.36	9:06AM 1.59		10:22PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	10:21PM 1.02	9:23AM -0.04		11:58PM 1.01			12:30AM 1.00	11:25AM -0.21	1:36PM -0.06	11:00PM 1.08		1:51PM -0.09	1:47AM 1.11		2:17PM 0.03			1:23PM 0.13	1:38AM 0.93	3:33AM 0.92	3:11PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	7	-	6	3	3	19	2	9	1	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	22	23	22	20	22	22	20	23	24	21	23	23	23	23	25	24	21	21	20	26	25	24
Low °C	20	23	22	20	20	22	19	20	24	20	23	23	23	23	24	23	19	20	20	26	24	24
Chill °C (?)	22	23	22	20	22	22	20	23	24	21	23	23	23	23	25	24	21	21	20	26	25	24
Sunrise	-	4:22	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:24	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 E	0.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	2.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	8	8	15	8	9	9	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	7	7	9	8	10	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 E	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 S	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	6	-	15	9	7	8	5	6	7	7	7	7	12	8	9	10	8	10	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	2.1 ESE	-	-	-	2.0 ENE	1.2 SSW	-	1.2 S	-	1.4 S	2.1 SW	3.0 E	1.3 SW	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	-	0.7 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	6	4	7	-	-	-	8	6	-	7	-	7	7	8	6	8	8	9	-	7	5

	Sat		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.2 SSW	2.1 ESE	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Energy	154	132	72	112	121	112	105	81	110	128	460	577	612	693	510	767	632	526	543	787	1193	933
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:04PM 1.49			1:50AM 1.50					5:01PM 1.36	7:22PM 1.97			5:30AM 1.95					7:02PM 1.94			4:04AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			10:21PM 1.02				9:33AM -0.02				11:58PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	21	21	23	23	22	22	24	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	20	20	17	17	20
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	21	21	23	23	22	22	24	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	20	20	16	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-
Sunset	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.2 SSW	0.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	8	8	7	6	6	8	8	8	8	7	15	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.4 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	15	6	15	6	-	15	15	15	15	9	8	15	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 S	-	1.0 S	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	2.1 ESE	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNE	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	-	5	-	6	6	4	6	-	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	8	8

	Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama 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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period(s)	8	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	150	19	154	155	132	132	132	133	72	71	70	112	113	118	121	121	112	112	116	104	105	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:21PM 1.40	5:04PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)								10:06PM 1.03											9:33AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	4	8	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6

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