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 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			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	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Shida Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku
Rating	1	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 E	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	2.1 E	2.3 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SE	0.6 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 E
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	6	6	7	8	7	8	7	8	9	7
Energy	118	504	520	546	2439	601	491	343	233	619	936	231	354	219	284	287	541	631	582	159	382	366
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:01PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.87	5:22AM 1.97			4:04AM 1.53		6:49PM 1.44	4:18AM 1.53		8:28PM 1.76	7:10AM 1.97		7:47PM 1.38	8:25AM 1.85		9:57PM 1.65	6:47AM 1.43		9:25PM 1.32	8:19AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)		11:58PM 1.01		12:15PM -0.05	10:30PM 1.06	11:25AM -0.21		11:42PM 0.99	11:54AM -0.09	1:42PM -0.08	1:47AM 0.97		2:17PM 0.03	12:40AM 1.00		1:42PM 0.13			3:11PM 0.41			4:05PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	3	2
High °C	22	20	21	22	17	22	21	20	22	23	22	23	25	21	23	23	24	24	24	21	21	25
Low °C	21	19	20	22	16	20	20	19	21	22	21	22	25	21	22	23	23	22	24	20	21	25
Chill °C (?)	22	20	21	22	16	22	21	20	22	23	22	23	25	21	23	23	24	24	24	21	21	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:22	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:26	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	0.5 S	1.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.7 E	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SE	0.7 S	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	8	6	9	7	8	7	8	7	5	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.8 SE	0.7 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	22	8	7	7	7	-	7	6	6	9	6	8	10	10	8	8	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	2.1 E	-	-	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.1 E	2.3 E	-	1.5 E	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSW	-	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SE	0.9 SSE	1.0 NE	1.4 E
Period (s)	6	8	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	6	6	7	-	7	8	7	5	4	7

	Sunday 14				Monday 15								Tuesday 16								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	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 E
Period(s)	6	8	8	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	55	118	83	338	504	555	503	520	556	546	589	601	2439	2058	1749	601	306	491	419	360	343	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:01PM 1.36	6:34PM 1.87			5:06AM 1.92					7:02PM 1.94			3:30AM 1.53					6:24PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)					11:58PM 1.01					12:15PM -0.05			10:30PM 1.06				11:47AM -0.07				11:42PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	22	21	19	20	20	19	20	21	22	21	21	17	16	17	20	21	21	20	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	28	22	21	19	20	20	19	20	21	22	21	21	16	15	16	20	21	21	20	20	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.8 ENE	1.3 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 E
Period (s)	6	8	8	12	15	15	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	15	15	-	15	-	15	15	15	15	8	7	22	8	21	8	7	7	7	7	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	4	6	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14	Monday 15
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 SSE	1.6 SW	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8
Energy	105	103	55	106	115	118	79	83	83	69	241	338	409	460	504	518	545	555	547	621	503	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									5:01PM 1.36	6:03PM 1.83	7:02PM 1.97										5:06AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)															11:58PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	28	23	22	22	22	22	21	19	25	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	18	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	28	23	22	22	22	22	21	19	25	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	18	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 SSE	1.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	15	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	9	6	-	-	15	15	15	15	-	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 E	-	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.6 ENE	-	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	-	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	-	7	7

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