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

	Sat		Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Sat
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hebara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	6	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	1	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.3 E	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	2.5 SW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.8 E	3.0 NE	2.5 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	3.0 S	2.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	9	10	10	9	10	5	9	10	9	11	7	8	6	7	7	9	9	10	10	7	7
Energy(?)	1010	344	318	253	220	70	62	20	3810	2605	2518	98	111	234	16	95	2276	1215	69	72	876	516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:10AM 1.09	2:35PM 1.12		3:14AM 1.35	2:23PM 1.30		3:59AM 1.20	3:27PM 1.24		4:05AM 1.36	4:18PM 1.40		4:07AM 1.45	4:40PM 1.45		6:33AM 1.74			5:51AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		8:33PM 0.19	9:14AM 0.79		9:28PM 0.20	8:54AM 0.79		9:22PM 0.23	9:41AM 0.57		9:58PM 0.26	10:09AM 0.45		10:03PM 0.47	10:23AM 0.35		10:32PM 0.55		12:34PM 0.05	11:30PM 0.64		1:24PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	72	5	18	-	2	1	18	4	-	1	-	-	1	43	11
High °C	17	14	17	17	15	19	18	20	21	16	15	15	15	13	12	19	9	15	17	14	18	14
Low °C	17	13	16	15	15	16	18	16	20	16	13	13	13	12	11	18	8	14	15	13	17	11
Chill °C (?)	17	13	17	17	14	19	18	19	21	14	14	15	14	10	10	19	7	15	17	13	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:26	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	5:57	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.4 SW	0.8 E	2.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	9	10	8	9	18	10	11	7	8	7	8	7	9	8	10	10	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	2.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	12	10	4	10	10	4	12	18	18	16	9	8	7	8	7	6	9	10	13	13	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.8 SW	1.9 SSE	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 NE	1.2 ESE	2.0 E	-	3.0 NE	2.5 NNE	-	0.4 SE	3.0 S	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	4	3	-	-	5	6	10	9	-	4	4	6	7	-	9	9	-	4	7	7

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	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	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	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Okuragahama Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	1.2 SE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	6	4	5	8
Energy(?)	1086	1010	853	683	689	335	308	307	286	233	220	234	222	179	200	163	166	56	134	23	76	1048
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:44PM 1.01				2:57AM 1.30				1:15PM 1.04					3:14AM 1.35				4:16PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)				8:33PM 0.19				8:40AM 0.80				8:39PM 0.34				8:54AM 0.79					10:12PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	-	2	14
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	15	13	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	16	18	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	16	14	12	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	18	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	4	4	10	4	10	10	5	5	5	9	7	-	-	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	1.2 SE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	4	6	4	5	8

	Saturday 28														Sunday 29
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	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	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Okuragahama Kyu Shu
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.1 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	12	9	10
Energy(?)	1173	1086	1086	1086	1010	402	394	428	301	295	347	340	340	340	307	352	338	113	148	9	108	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				12:44PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)											7:41PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	15	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	17	17	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	15	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	6:05
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	3	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.3 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	4	7	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4

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