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

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Sesako Island Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Green Pole Okinawa	Big Ben Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Shida Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SE	1.2 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 E	0.5 SE	1.1 N	1.8 NE	1.2 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s)	6	7	9	7	8	6	7	8	6	8	7	6	10	6	7	8	8	8	10	6	6	9
Energy	291	290	82	48	32	157	288	6	17	153	99	125	64	86	379	384	205	123	140	159	219	1057
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:17PM 1.16	2:21AM 1.26		2:44PM 1.21	2:50AM 1.26		3:15PM 1.31		5:39AM 1.77	5:28PM 1.91		5:19AM 1.85	5:58PM 1.76		5:16AM 1.68	5:43PM 1.43		4:34AM 1.47		6:12PM 1.31	4:52AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 0.77		7:48PM 0.46	8:46AM 0.48		8:41PM 0.49	9:19AM 0.32		11:39PM 0.53			11:28PM 0.51	11:51AM 0.23		11:36PM 0.73	11:51AM 0.14		11:00PM 0.84	11:22AM -0.03		11:25PM 0.72	11:56AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	1	7	1	-	18	-	-	-	-	2	1	6
High °C	18	17	20	23	20	19	21	23	15	24	23	15	15	21	16	20	19	18	19	18	20	15
Low °C	15	16	19	19	18	19	20	22	13	23	22	15	15	20	13	18	18	17	18	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	18	16	20	23	20	18	21	23	13	24	23	14	14	21	14	20	18	18	19	18	20	14
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:26	-	-	4:47
Sunset	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.2 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.9 NNW	1.1 S	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ENE	2.5 S
Period (s)	12	7	9	7	6	8	9	8	6	8	6	10	5	9	10	8	8	8	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	1.1 SE	0.4 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.2 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 SE	0.6 ENE	0.5 S	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	5	12	8	11	8	7	-	7	7	7	10	-	12	8	8	7	4	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SE	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SW	-	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	1.0 S	0.9 NNW	1.2 E	0.7 NE	1.1 N	1.8 NE	-	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	6	3	-	3	-	6	7	2	3	4	7	6	4	6	7	-	7	5	5	6	6	4

	Monday 27						Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hayama Cliffs Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 SE	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	9	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	9	9	8	12	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	303	495	608	290	217	239	200	86	59	55	51	42	118	43	135	204	354	315	184	344	194	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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)	3:11AM 1.68			1:47PM 1.10				2:05AM 1.34	4:42AM 1.65				4:26PM 1.67				3:01AM 1.40				3:19PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		7:49AM 0.78				7:57PM 0.43					9:57AM 0.56				9:55PM 0.56				9:13AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	17	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	18	15	17	16	16	14	15	19	20	24	24	22	18	19	18	18	19	19	20	18	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	13	16	15	15	14	15	19	20	24	24	22	18	19	18	18	19	19	20	18	13
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 SE	1.8 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	7	5	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.3 E	0.3 NE	-
Period (s)	5	12	12	7	8	7	8	7	5	5	12	12	8	8	7	8	13	13	-	9	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 S	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	6	6	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	5	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	2

	Monday 27	Tue
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hayama Cliffs Kanagawa	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 E	0.7 ENE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SE	2.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	9	13	6	6	6	6	6	7	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7
Energy	357	250	225	224	257	223	291	764	170	157	139	109	107	58	159	134	72	72	74	197	251	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	3:11AM 1.68												3:36PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)						8:11AM 0.64												8:11PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	6	9	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	20	21	21	21	21	20	19	18	16	16	16	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	20	21	21	21	21	20	18	17	16	16	16	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	0.4 NE	1.8 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	6	6	12	7	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	12	13	8	12	12	12	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	-	0.1 W	1.7 SE	2.1 S	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 S	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	-	8	6	7	6	6	5	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	-

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