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

	Thu		Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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	Izumi Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku
Rating	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.7 ESE	1.6 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 SSE	2.3 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	7	8	7	8	7	7	9	9	8	9	9	8	10	8	8	8	6	10	6	7	7	8
Energy	1219	1001	211	250	356	103	213	482	1609	1621	1169	515	208	266	216	219	204	188	207	617	551	693
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:10PM 1.55	9:10AM 1.57		2:56AM 1.60			12:53AM 1.68		12:01PM 1.33	1:37AM 1.52		2:51PM 1.41	12:16AM 1.32		3:21PM 1.46	2:57AM 1.58		3:38PM 1.29	1:18AM 1.37	3:20AM 1.85	4:20PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			3:50AM 1.09	3:47PM 0.22	8:21PM 0.50	8:22AM 1.03	5:40PM 0.56		6:42AM 0.98		6:45PM 0.64	7:45AM 0.83			6:58AM 0.68		8:51PM 0.80	8:08AM 0.37		7:24PM 0.84	10:01AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	15	9	-	-	-	-	13	1	2	-	-	-	9	-	-	2	9	-	5	19	-	-
High °C	19	22	26	19	18	21	21	23	21	22	22	22	25	21	24	23	22	22	20	22	28	25
Low °C	17	19	24	17	18	20	20	22	20	22	21	21	24	20	22	23	22	22	20	20	25	24
Chill °C (?)	19	22	26	18	17	21	21	23	21	22	22	22	25	21	24	23	22	22	20	22	28	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:15	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:41	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:30	-	-	5:09	-
Sunset	6:38	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.1 W	1.1 NNE	1.0 SE	1.6 ENE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 NE	1.1 SE	0.6 ESE	1.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	7	8	7	8	7	7	6	9	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	10	6	10	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 W	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	-	7	9	6	-	6	6	7	10	9	7	10	15	10	14	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	0.4 NW	1.0 E	1.9 NNE	-	0.4 ENE	-	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.6 ESE	-	-	1.1 ESE	-	1.6 ESE	0.8 S	1.4 SSE	2.3 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	3	6	7	-	4	-	8	9	9	8	-	-	8	-	6	6	6	7	7	8

	Thursday 21				Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	2	4	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	4	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.9 NNE	0.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	2.5 E	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	2.5 ESE
Period(s)	10	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	9	7	9	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	396	1219	748	786	1001	316	515	211	328	250	124	120	356	94	236	103	103	213	1172	310	482	1023
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					10:10PM 1.55												11:11AM 1.51					12:43AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		1:38PM 0.11				2:02AM 0.96	3:15AM 1.03				5:03PM 0.35				5:12AM 1.06	8:22AM 1.03			5:32PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	13	2	-	4	3	1	-	-	-	5	5	-	2	2	-	1	3	5	1	1	5
Temp. °C	28	19	20	23	22	16	18	24	18	19	23	23	18	24	21	21	25	20	21	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	28	19	20	23	22	15	18	24	18	18	23	23	18	24	21	21	25	20	21	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 W	0.7 ESE	0.5 S	1.1 NNE	0.7 ESE	1.0 SE	2.5 E	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	10	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	9	7	9	6	7	9	6	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 NE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.6 W	-	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.7 ESE	-	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	-
Period (s)	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	-	9	6	7	6	9	-	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.0 NE	0.6 E	0.4 NW	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 NNE	1.4 WSW	1.4 ESE	-	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	8	6	4	3	5	6	5	4	7	6	7	-	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21														Friday 22
	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	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Izumi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	2	4	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	4	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	7	10	10	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7
Energy	626	396	396	417	545	1219	1219	1083	748	1336	563	786	515	982	1001	1005	1005	316	626	238	515	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)														10:10PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)																		2:02AM 0.96	3:15AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	27	28	27	24	19	19	18	20	17	17	23	22	22	22	23	23	16	18	21	18	22
Chill °C (?)	23	27	28	27	24	19	19	18	20	16	16	23	22	22	22	23	23	15	18	21	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.5 ESE	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	9	7	8	8	10	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	0.1 NE	2.0 SSW	-	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 NE	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 E	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	-	8	8	8	8	6	-	3	4	3

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