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

	Thu	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	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	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Green Pole Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Katagai Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	3	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	4	4	4	5	5	8	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 NNW	2.1 N	3.5 SE	2.3 SSW	4.5 ENE	3.0 E
Period(s)	7	8	7	10	11	11	13	15	13	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	11	12	14	11	12
Energy	314	910	623	107	227	208	902	1873	1301	1157	2277	2065	3156	3059	8263	2979	1348	1011	5229	3382	10173	2493
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:23AM 1.40		4:34PM 1.25		3:37AM 1.51	5:50PM 1.37	7:25PM 1.75	6:30AM 1.92		6:39PM 1.66	5:28AM 1.69		7:15PM 1.68	6:00AM 1.68		7:27PM 1.56	7:37AM 1.86		8:29PM 1.59	5:51AM 1.41		8:06PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		9:27AM 0.17		10:52PM 0.93	10:51AM 0.20		12:50AM 0.96		12:10PM 0.03	12:00AM 0.97		12:14PM -0.01	12:38AM 0.97		12:52PM 0.01	12:31AM 1.04		2:17PM 0.21	1:43AM 1.02		12:27PM 0.17	1:01AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	23	20	1	-	-	6	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	26	25	22	26	25	22	22	22	19	26	26	24	25	30	23
Low °C	23	24	22	21	22	23	22	24	24	20	24	23	20	22	22	19	26	26	23	24	26	22
Chill °C (?)	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	26	25	22	26	25	22	22	22	19	26	26	24	25	30	23
Sunrise	-	4:26	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:42	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 E	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 NNW	2.1 N	3.5 SE	2.3 SSW	4.0 ESE	3.0 E
Period (s)	7	8	7	10	7	11	13	15	13	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	11	12	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.7 E	1.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.5 E	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	10	12	11	7	6	6	11	16	19	11	12	-	-	9	8	8	13	12	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	-	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	-	0.6 SE	1.4 E	1.9 SE	3.0 S	-	1.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.6 NNE	1.3 N	4.5 ENE	0.9 N
Period (s)	7	8	7	-	6	6	3	4	4	-	-	4	6	7	15	-	6	3	7	5	11	4

	Thu		Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Keta Reef Oshima Izu Islands	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa
Rating	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	1.3 SE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period(s)	9	7	7	9	8	8	7	7	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	15
Energy	543	211	314	305	594	910	818	623	54	107	107	228	258	227	240	208	577	553	902	1061	1283	1873
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:26PM 1.20			1:47AM 1.39					5:47PM 1.70				3:37AM 1.51					7:25PM 1.75				6:30AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)							9:27AM 0.17				10:52PM 0.93				9:55AM 0.09					12:50AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	23	22	22	24	24	23	25	23	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	23	22	22	23	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	22	22	24	24	23	25	23	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	23	22	22	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	1.3 SE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period (s)	9	7	7	9	10	8	7	7	10	10	10	11	11	7	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.8 WSW	0.6 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	11	7	8	11	12	9	9	10	6	5	12	6	6	11	5	7	9	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	-	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 N	-	-	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.9 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	5	-	7	7	8	8	7	7	5	-	-	7	7	6	-	6	6	3	3	4	4	4

	Thursday 28	Friday 29
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Shida Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	6	7	9	9	7	7	9	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Energy	235	220	543	518	213	211	95	279	314	332	353	305	305	333	594	594	855	910	889	861	818	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 1.54									1:47AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)																			9:27AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	25
Chill °C (?)	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	9	9	7	7	9	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	10	10	8	8	7	7	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	6	11	11	6	7	6	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	0.4 NE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	-	-	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7

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