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

	Fri		Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	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	Tainohama Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Malibu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	10	10	11	10	6	7	7
Energy(?)	1383	2249	2633	2560	1224	1587	2631	1443	1557	1560	774	769	1041	870	443	400	380	250	313	171	264	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:53PM 1.42		11:11AM 2.30			6:55AM 1.90		7:30PM 1.66	4:48AM 1.57		8:30PM 1.74	5:17AM 1.56		8:03PM 1.29	9:09AM 1.73		11:37PM 1.50	10:13AM 1.73		11:11PM 1.08	7:20AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46PM 0.62	5:38AM 0.36	12:22PM 0.05	11:15PM 0.61			1:03AM 0.69	11:59AM -0.03		1:50AM 0.94		12:43PM 0.02	12:22AM 1.05	3:22AM 0.84	4:14PM 0.15		4:34AM 1.06	4:29PM 0.37	2:41AM 1.01		4:13PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	16	13	-	-	-	-	17	9	-	1	2
High °C	13	16	17	17	22	22	17	21	20	21	17	15	15	15	23	16	17	20	18	20	18	19
Low °C	13	15	16	17	21	21	17	20	20	21	16	15	14	15	22	16	16	18	18	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	11	15	17	17	22	22	16	21	20	21	16	14	14	14	23	16	17	20	18	20	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:22	-
Sunset	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	10	10	11	6	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.4 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.9 E
Period (s)	18	-	11	11	10	9	10	12	11	11	-	-	15	12	6	11	12	13	10	10	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 N	0.9 NE	1.1 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	3	6	6	-

	Friday 17				Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Mon
	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	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tainohama Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1204	850	814	2431	2282	3406	3298	3232	2615	2560	2400	2089	2118	2085	1161	1083	1544	1524	1638	3231	3475	3216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	low	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:08PM 1.93			4:21AM 1.42									7:20AM 1.93				6:29PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	10:24AM 0.05		5:02PM 0.09		10:41PM 0.50	12:37AM 0.48			10:40AM 0.07				10:47PM 0.76					2:13PM -0.17			11:34PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	16	18	16	14	19	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	21	21	22	22	18	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	16	18	16	13	19	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	21	21	22	22	18	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	14	14	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.1 SE	-	1.5 E	2.2 E	1.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.0 SE	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 NE	1.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	18	15	-	11	9	11	12	11	11	7	11	11	10	9	10	9	12	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.5 E	-	2.0 ESE	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 17														Saturday 18
	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	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tainohama Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Mera Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1237	660	745	1807	1503	1645	2847	1396	1681	1930	1661	2414	2403	2562	1824	2005	3196	3193	2568	2995	3298	2964
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)																				4:23AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		10:33AM 0.19												10:14PM 0.65		12:54AM 0.39	1:10AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	17	20	13	20	13	17	13	13	16	13	14	14	22	22	22	22	16	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	10	11	16	20	11	20	11	16	12	12	15	12	13	14	22	22	22	22	16	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	16	15	14	14	10	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	1.1 ENE	-	0.8 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.5 SSE	-	1.6 E	1.6 E	-	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 ENE	1.4 E
Period (s)	12	8	7	-	18	13	14	-	10	10	-	10	10	10	7	7	8	7	8	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.8 SE	1.8 ESE	1.5 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 ENE	1.7 ESE	-	-	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	4	5	9	10	7	10	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

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