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

	Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Busan (Haeundae Beach) South Korea	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	3	4	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	0	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	2.1 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	1.4 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SW	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	9	8	7	8	9	8	8	9	4	6	8	8	10	9	8	8	8	5	9
Energy(?)	1030	2269	4157	550	431	278	395	1169	295	189	173	11	128	1569	1068	1233	789	481	208	155	116	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	off	off	cross- on	glass	on	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:30PM 2.24	5:49AM 1.78	5:46PM 1.80		5:53AM 1.80	4:40PM 1.45		5:47AM 1.54		6:45PM 1.65	6:24AM 1.66			7:07AM 1.90		6:53PM 1.22	6:28AM 1.45		7:33PM 1.18	5:56AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	9:57AM 0.60	4:31PM 0.46		11:57AM 0.30		11:50PM 0.44			10:59PM 0.38		12:37PM 0.25	12:31AM 0.51			11:24PM 0.73		1:42PM -0.01	12:16AM 0.62		12:42PM 0.04	12:41AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	8	35	-	-	-	-	-	17	6	30	19	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
High °C	21	21	17	13	13	15	10	10	11	14	14	16	16	20	18	18	19	17	18	20	20	18
Low °C	19	19	13	13	13	11	10	10	10	12	14	13	15	19	16	16	18	15	16	18	20	15
Chill °C (?)	21	21	16	10	10	14	7	9	10	13	13	15	14	20	16	18	18	16	18	20	20	18
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	6:21	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	4.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.4 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 NE	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	11	17	11	9	8	7	8	8	7	8	9	6	11	-	10	10	9	8	8	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 S	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	16	8	15	6	6	8	8	7	8	6	12	-	13	-	9	8	7	7	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.5 S	-	1.1 NW	1.2 ENE	-	0.5 N	2.1 NNE	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.5 S	1.4 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.4 SW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	-	5	5	-	3	9	8	-	-	4	6	8	8	-	-	-	-	7	5	3

	Tuesday 31						Wednesday 01								Thursday 02
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	0	1	1	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 SW	1.3 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.7 S	2.1 SW	1.9 NE	1.5 SW	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	5	7	7	8	10	10	9	10	9	10	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	67	87	91	1391	4761	1149	730	1448	1311	1428	203	301	218	386	261	101	73	395	604	949	387	722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:03AM 1.41		10:22AM 2.36		5:07PM 1.74				4:10AM 1.31				5:33PM 1.63				5:53AM 1.90				5:05PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)							11:20PM 0.39				11:40AM 0.44				10:03PM 0.47				11:08AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5	5	15	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	12	14	19	19	14	13	16	14	14	13	12	12	15	14	12	12	10	12	10	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	10	13	19	19	14	12	15	14	14	12	11	12	15	14	11	11	7	12	9	9	10
Sunrise	5:31	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 SW	1.3 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.7 S	0.5 SE	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 S
Period (s)	11	7	7	8	10	10	9	10	9	10	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	1.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 ENE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 SE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	-	5	7	11	17	16	16	10	11	15	16	8	8	9	6	7	7	6	6	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	0.2 NNE	2.5 SW	-	1.3 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	2.1 SW	1.9 NE	0.8 ENE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	5	7	7	8	10	-	4	11	-	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	8	8	8

	Tuesday 31																				Wed
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Jungmun Beach (Jeju Island) South Korea	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	0	1	1	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	4.5 SSW	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	5	7	7	8	10	10	10	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	10	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	62	135	132	1156	3190	3257	3105	606	836	1305	2547	4258	4287	4830	2268	265	260	3802	7073	3468	4293	2245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		4:01AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	2	2	1	1	5	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	12	12	21	20	21	21	16	15	17	22	18	18	18	18	17	17	19	19	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	9	9	21	19	21	21	14	13	15	22	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	7	7	11	18	18	18	10	10	10	18	10	10	10	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	6	6	18	18	18	18	10	9	10	17	-	-	16	16	10	10	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	3.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	-	0.2 NNE	4.5 SSW	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	3.5 S
Period (s)	5	6	6	8	10	10	10	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	9	-	5	10	11	10	11	10

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