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 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			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	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	6	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	7	9	8	9
Energy	67	256	213	178	315	220	343	299	227	343	417	303	257	304	253	222	202	240	628	313	205	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:27PM 1.73		3:06AM 1.40	4:57PM 1.42	6:26PM 1.96	5:34AM 1.99			4:17AM 1.49		8:56PM 2.03	6:59AM 1.91		9:07PM 1.77	8:16AM 1.91		10:12PM 1.70	9:24AM 1.94		10:33PM 1.61	7:00AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		9:31PM 0.69	10:01AM -0.08		11:58PM 0.86			10:25PM 0.98	11:27AM -0.26	2:13PM -0.11	2:26AM 0.91		3:03PM -0.13	2:33AM 0.86		3:13PM 0.03		3:44AM 1.01	3:33PM 0.18			5:03PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-
High °C	21	17	18	19	21	21	21	21	22	24	22	23	24	23	23	24	23	24	19	20	20	24
Low °C	20	16	18	19	19	21	21	18	22	23	22	22	24	22	23	24	22	23	19	19	19	23
Chill °C (?)	21	17	18	19	21	21	21	21	22	24	22	23	24	23	23	24	23	24	19	20	20	24
Sunrise	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	4:33	-
Sunset	6:54	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:32	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.1 SE	1.8 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	12	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	7	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.5 N	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	0.3 NW	0.2 N	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	0.2 N
Period (s)	11	10	9	9	8	14	9	10	8	-	-	11	-	-	5	5	5	4	3	7	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.5 W	-	1.9 ESE	-	0.9 NE	-
Period (s)	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	3	3	3	-	7	-	4	-

	Friday 15				Saturday 16								Sunday 17								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	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Takegashima Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	9	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9
Energy	354	67	100	235	256	239	224	213	250	178	185	258	315	313	325	220	212	343	336	302	299	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:27PM 1.73				3:05AM 1.42					6:26PM 1.96			5:34AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 0.07				9:31PM 0.69				11:32AM 0.04				11:58PM 0.86				10:30AM -0.06				10:25PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	21	20	20	16	16	16	18	22	19	22	21	20	19	19	21	22	21	21	20	21	19
Chill °C (?)	16	21	20	20	16	16	16	18	22	19	22	21	20	19	19	21	22	21	21	20	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	11	8	10	10	9	8	9	11	9	9	6	8	8	8	14	9	9	9	9	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	6	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 15	Saturday 16
	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	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.4 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	10	6	6	6	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	362	356	354	367	65	67	76	95	125	125	239	235	255	253	256	254	241	239	215	213	224	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									5:33PM 1.74										3:05AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 0.07												9:31PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	18	19	21	21	20	20	19	20	20	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	21
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	18	19	21	21	20	20	19	20	20	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	10	11	11	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	2	6	6	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-

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