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

	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Gomoda Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Futami Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	5	7	3	4	3	4	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	1.9 SSE	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSE	5.0 SE	1.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.0 NNW	5.0 E	5.0 S
Period(s)	6	7	7	7	7	10	11	11	10	14	14	13	13	14	15	13	14	15	14	11	11	14
Energy	235	218	270	594	449	77	244	209	224	1342	613	1491	1136	1467	3562	26423	669	2573	534	2096	10053	13181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 1.54	2:23AM 1.40		4:22PM 1.26			4:49PM 1.29		6:30AM 1.92		6:39PM 1.66	5:09AM 1.65		7:35PM 1.89	6:52AM 2.03		7:27PM 1.56	4:34AM 1.41		8:49PM 1.72	7:08AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	10:01AM 0.33		8:50PM 0.90	9:17AM 0.22		10:52PM 0.93	9:41AM 0.17		10:09PM 0.85			12:00AM 0.97		12:14PM -0.01	1:00AM 0.95			12:31AM 1.04		2:28PM 0.23	2:06AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	28	22	23	25	23	23	24	23	21	26	25	21	24	25	23	26	23	21	22	27	26	25
Low °C	25	21	22	24	22	20	23	22	20	25	24	21	23	23	21	26	22	20	22	26	23	24
Chill °C (?)	28	22	23	25	23	23	24	23	21	26	25	21	24	25	23	26	23	21	22	27	26	25
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:33	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:52
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:06	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.0 SE	0.9 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	1.9 SSE	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSE	4.5 SE	1.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	5.0 E	5.0 S
Period (s)	8	6	7	9	9	10	11	11	10	14	14	13	13	14	15	13	14	15	14	8	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.9 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	5.0 SE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	4.0 S	4.5 SE
Period (s)	6	7	8	12	12	5	7	6	6	6	12	16	10	11	12	13	9	9	9	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.9 NE	0.5 E	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.1 ESE	6.0 NNE	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 S	3.0 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	7	7	7	-	5	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	8	11	3	-	4	11	-	-

	Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Torami Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Mera Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 ESE	1.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	7	7	8	6	6	7	9	7	7	9	7	7	7	7	10	7	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy	597	385	222	235	280	218	246	245	270	516	567	594	767	449	67	444	77	113	214	244	225	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- 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	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:20AM 1.85				4:36PM 1.54			1:47AM 1.39					5:25PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	9:39PM 0.85				9:43AM 0.28								9:08AM 0.24				10:52PM 0.93				9:30AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	4	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	23	25	21	21	22	22	23	22	22	24	24	23	25	22	22	21	20	23	24	23
Chill °C (?)	22	21	23	25	21	21	22	22	23	22	22	24	24	23	25	22	22	21	20	23	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 S	1.0 SE	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.5 S	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	9	6	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 E	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.1 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	7	6	6	9	7	6	9	8	11	12	12	9	12	10	11	5	5	7	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	-	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 N	1.9 WSW	-	0.7 NNE	1.4 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	7	-	6	6	5	4	4

	Wed	Thursday 28
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	8	6	6	8	7	7	7	9	9
Energy	540	625	597	597	940	385	257	222	222	222	237	235	231	250	280	285	387	218	238	521	246	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				4:27PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)	9:39PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	23	23	24	24	25	25	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	23	23	24	24	25	25	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.3 ESE	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	7	7	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	9	9	7	7	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	-	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 E	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	-	4	7	7	7	6	6	6	-	6	6	8	-	-	7	-	-

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