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

	Sun		Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ikei Island Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands
Rating	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ENE	2.1 SE	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 SE	1.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 NE	2.4 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 ENE	2.0 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	14	7	6	7	8	12	12	8	8	7	7	9	8	9	9	11	10	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	133	442	226	197	431	73	71	54	88	1002	222	964	457	972	1855	1007	739	825	831	634	499	472
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:20PM 1.43	8:54AM 1.77		10:02PM 1.52	8:53AM 1.69		10:39PM 1.54	7:18AM 1.31		11:11PM 0.97	7:50AM 1.23			8:49AM 1.12			4:16AM 1.37			4:56AM 1.49	4:26PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		12:43AM 0.76		12:58PM 0.14		3:01AM 0.74	3:50PM 0.16			3:08PM 0.12	1:46AM 0.94		4:34PM 0.22				6:24PM 0.25	9:45AM 0.91		7:36PM 0.36	10:41AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	25	13	10	-	1	2	-	1	4	7	-	-	-	-	7	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	15	11	10	10	21	22	21	22	16	12	15	16	12	14	15	15	12	13	12	15	16
Low °C	21	14	10	10	8	20	22	21	21	15	12	13	16	10	12	13	13	11	12	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	22	14	10	8	8	21	22	21	22	15	10	14	16	10	13	14	15	10	12	11	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:30	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.5 N	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.0 SE	1.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.6 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 ENE	2.0 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	5	12	6	7	8	6	7	8	8	7	7	9	8	9	9	11	10	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 N	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	14	-	11	11	11	6	5	11	11	-	7	8	8	10	11	12	-	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	2.1 SE	1.2 S	0.3 N	0.7 NE	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	2.5 SE	0.8 NNE	-	1.6 NE	-	2.5 ESE	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	6	2	5	6	6	3	4	7	4	-	8	-	9	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22				Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wed
	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	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.3 ENE	1.0 SE	1.0 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	15	14	11	13	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	52	13	110	88	82	222	368	639	122	197	365	427	431	439	360	346	209	71	244	243	50	50
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:53PM 1.38	9:13PM 1.68			8:06AM 1.89				8:07PM 1.18				6:50AM 1.36					11:05PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		12:44PM 0.14				2:32AM 0.58				1:17PM -0.03				1:07AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	21	14	20	15	13	14	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	11	12	22	12	12	21	21
Chill °C (?)	15	10	21	13	20	14	12	14	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	9	11	22	11	11	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:53	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 E	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	0.4 ESE	1.0 SE	1.0 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	13	15	14	11	13	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 N	0.9 ENE	0.9 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	6	5	15	7	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	5	10	6	7	5	8	8	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.3 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.2 NE	0.2 N	1.7 E	-	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	1.2 NE	0.8 NE	1.3 NNE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	5	2	5	5	5	5	4	7	-	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	3	4

	Sunday 22	Monday 23
	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	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	1.7 SE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	16	14	12	14	6	5	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	5	13	11	11	7	7
Energy(?)	47	12	120	121	133	210	116	256	105	107	117	116	122	136	147	161	80	85	86	86	31	31
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											7:12PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)						2:26PM 0.05										12:40AM 0.59		2:58AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	15	11	21	14	21	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	20	12	12	20	20
Chill °C (?)	15	11	21	12	21	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	20	9	10	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.2 S	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	5	4	14	12	5	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	5	11	11	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 N	0.2 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	13	16	5	15	14	6	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.5 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	6	5	6	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	6	6	3	3

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