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

	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	1	2	1	2	4	3	3	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SE	3.5 ESE	2.3 ENE	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.6 NE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	2.5 S	1.3 S	2.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SE	1.3 NNE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	8	10	11	10	9	9	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	8	6	9	9	7	5	8
Energy(?)	772	3563	1289	682	795	704	540	1384	1097	795	76	373	252	86	36	956	182	771	242	87	153	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:35AM 1.44	10:16AM 1.59		1:49AM 1.21	11:12AM 1.25	12:06PM 1.38		3:34AM 1.37	1:54PM 1.23		4:28AM 1.78	3:51PM 1.69		4:38AM 1.73	4:41PM 1.83		3:54AM 1.27	3:43PM 1.30		5:02AM 1.37	4:12PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		5:01AM 1.34			6:16AM 1.09		7:10PM 0.33	9:18AM 1.02		9:33PM 0.48	10:20AM 0.96		8:39PM 0.34	10:31AM 0.67		9:21PM 0.21	9:47AM 0.45		10:24PM 0.26	11:01AM 0.41		10:57PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	10	23	20	24	-	-	4	7	10
High °C	12	13	17	16	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	14	14	19	17	17	16	19	16	16	15	15
Low °C	11	12	17	14	13	14	13	15	17	17	16	14	14	17	17	17	15	17	13	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	10	11	17	16	13	15	15	16	17	17	17	12	13	18	16	17	14	18	15	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:28	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SE	3.0 SE	2.3 ENE	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 NE	1.1 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	-	0.5 ENE	2.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SE	0.8 NE	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	9	11	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	-	10	9	9	7	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	-	0.3 W	1.0 NNE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	-	6	6	8	8	12	12	12	11	14	13	12	4	8	18	10	10	12	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 N	3.5 ESE	1.3 NNE	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.8 SSW	2.5 S	1.3 S	0.4 NW	0.3 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	4	10	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	11	-	10	-	-	5	8	6	3	3	4	5	-

	Wed		Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kugenuma Rivermouth Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ESE	1.9 ENE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	679	628	1174	1101	1028	1136	514	1368	1200	1070	1142	1060	1074	517	641	699	550	571	540	1275	504	500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)												2:51AM 1.56									3:34AM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)	4:47PM 0.44				4:08AM 1.02				5:50PM 0.37	6:32PM 0.57				7:36AM 1.23				6:24PM 0.25				8:38AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	16	13	12	12	14	12	14	14	16	16	15	11	15	17	14	14	14	14	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	16	12	10	11	13	10	12	12	16	16	15	9	15	17	13	13	13	14	15	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	1.9 ENE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ESE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	8	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.8 NE	0.1 S	0.5 N	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.5 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	8	10	9	8	6	6	6	11	12	5	8	13	8	12	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 N	1.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	4	5	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	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	Takanabe Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kugenuma Rivermouth Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 ESE	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 SE	1.7 SE	2.2 SE	1.3 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.2 SE	1.4 E	1.7 NNE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.4 E	5.0 E	2.2 E	2.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	7	7	8	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	10	8	10
Energy(?)	732	407	300	212	303	624	138	946	1066	634	670	715	513	264	610	1030	1082	1136	1756	5005	1402	1725
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										12:35AM 1.51							7:30AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)		4:51PM 0.47												4:32AM 1.20	5:01AM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	2	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	1	1	2	-	1
High °C	15	17	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	16	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	13	13	13	9	11	12	9	9	9	10	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 ESE	1.8 E	-	1.5 SE	1.7 SE	2.2 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.4 NE	1.4 E	1.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	2.1 SE	0.4 WSW	1.8 SE	2.2 SE
Period (s)	8	8	-	7	7	8	12	13	13	7	7	7	9	8	7	9	12	12	9	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.2 S	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	0.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	1.1 S	0.2 WSW	1.4 SSE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	13	-	12	13	13	8	8	8	13	7	8	12	12	-	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNE	2.0 ESE	0.8 NE	1.1 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.3 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.2 SE	1.4 NNE	1.7 NNE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.4 E	5.0 E	2.2 E	2.4 E
Period (s)	-	5	6	4	4	4	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	9	10	8	8

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