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

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Mera Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 E	0.5 SSE	1.1 SE	2.1 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.4 E
Period(s)	11	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	9	9	11	9	10	7	9	9	8	7	6	7	10	10
Energy	1837	1335	546	372	246	206	616	579	238	244	342	387	353	209	292	207	168	42	116	408	3251	1147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:58AM 1.21		10:35PM 1.32	10:27AM 1.05	12:32PM 1.43	11:13PM 1.34		3:22PM 1.60	12:53AM 1.22		3:06PM 1.48	1:58AM 1.46		3:08PM 1.22	2:37AM 1.50		4:13PM 1.36		4:14AM 1.76		6:03PM 1.81	5:06AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		4:50PM 0.63		5:00AM 0.71			8:27AM 0.69		6:37PM 0.72	8:21AM 0.50		8:21PM 0.95	8:32AM 0.27		9:18PM 1.00	8:58AM 0.03		10:52PM 1.00	11:11AM 0.08		11:30PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	4	-	1	42	61	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	-
High °C	23	23	21	19	20	20	24	24	19	21	24	20	21	22	20	21	22	21	22	21	20	23
Low °C	22	22	20	19	20	20	24	23	19	21	23	20	20	21	19	21	22	20	22	21	19	21
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	18	20	20	24	24	19	21	24	20	21	22	20	21	22	21	22	21	20	23
Sunrise	4:33	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:05
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:12	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.6 ENE	1.0 E	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 SSE	0.7 SE	0.1 SE	3.0 ESE	2.4 E
Period (s)	11	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	9	10	7	9	8	8	7	6	13	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.6 E	0.9 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.8 SSE	0.7 E	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	7	8	9	6	7	8	11	10	8	7	11	6	7	8	8	9	9	7	10	7	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	0.8 N	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 ENE	-	0.8 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NE	0.5 E	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	2.1 ESE	3.0 ESE	-
Period (s)	7	5	3	6	8	-	4	6	6	4	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	6	7	10	-

	Monday 08						Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 N	1.0 ENE	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	7	10	9	9	10	9	8
Energy	2045	1837	763	1335	1003	650	546	520	725	372	297	246	231	208	206	203	264	616	492	579	226	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:43AM 1.12				10:35PM 1.32				10:27AM 1.05	12:32PM 1.43			11:13PM 1.34	2:01AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)	5:04AM 0.93				3:53PM 0.47				4:53AM 0.77				4:21PM 0.65					8:27AM 0.69	9:05AM 0.70			6:42PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	2	2	-	-	-	-	16	-	10	13	41	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	24	23	21	20	21	21	19	19	19	20	19	20	20	24	20	24	24	24	22	19
Chill °C (?)	20	22	24	23	21	20	21	21	19	18	19	20	19	20	20	24	20	24	24	24	22	19
Sunrise	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.6 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.7 E	0.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.2 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.1 N	0.6 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NW	0.2 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	7	8	10	8	9	8	8	6	8	7	7	7	8	7	10	11	6	10	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.3 ENE	-	0.8 N	-	-	0.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 E	1.0 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	1.0 ENE	0.8 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	-	5	-	-	3	9	9	6	4	8	-	-	-	7	10	4	7	6	-	6

	Monday 08																				Tue
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura 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
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.7 SW	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period(s)	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	1250	668	2045	1940	1157	1837	1029	1606	763	299	295	1335	1298	1039	1003	1304	690	650	611	584	546	540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									11:43AM 1.12	12:01PM 1.49										10:35PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)			5:04AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	20	20	22	21	22	24	24	24	23	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	20	20	22	21	22	24	24	24	23	23	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.2 SSE	2.1 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNE	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.4 NW	2.3 ENE	0.4 NW	2.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 N	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	3	4	8	8	3	7	3	7	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3

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