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

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	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SSE	2.5 S	1.2 ESE	2.5 N	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	2.2 E	2.3 ENE	2.4 E	3.0 E	2.1 SE	2.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SE	1.6 E	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	10	5	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	8	9	10	9	10	10	7	10	9	8	9	8
Energy(?)	154	42	33	259	205	312	339	1011	229	1160	184	135	1469	1184	1200	1639	461	831	378	184	663	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:18PM 1.37		5:33AM 1.30	3:14PM 1.45		7:36AM 1.89			7:24AM 1.50	5:55PM 1.51	7:46PM 1.88	9:04AM 1.57		8:09PM 1.86	9:39AM 1.57		8:49PM 1.63	9:23AM 1.43		7:08PM 1.31	8:43AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)	9:56AM 1.03		10:14PM 0.10	10:13AM 1.00		10:39PM 0.06		12:56PM 1.01	12:32AM 0.07		12:46PM 0.94	2:46AM -0.01		2:24PM 0.91	2:59AM 0.21		3:10PM 0.79			2:58PM 0.75	2:03AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	9	6	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	13	18	14	22	21	21	16	17	14	19	12	11	13	14	17	18	18	12	13	11	11	9
Low °C	11	18	13	22	20	20	15	17	11	19	11	7	11	14	14	17	17	10	11	11	9	8
Chill °C (?)	12	18	13	22	21	21	15	16	13	18	9	11	11	12	17	18	17	10	11	8	9	8
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	5:13	-	-	5:38	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:44	-	-	5:14	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.2 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.4 NE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 E	2.4 E	3.0 E	0.3 E	2.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SE	1.6 E	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	13	4	11	8	14	8	8	10	8	10	8	9	10	9	10	10	13	10	9	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.8 SE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	5	10	13	15	6	13	10	14	9	9	-	6	-	-	-	-	12	16	15	10	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	-	-	2.5 S	2.4 NE	2.5 N	1.2 NW	1.3 NE	2.2 E	2.3 ENE	-	0.5 SW	2.1 SE	0.4 WNW	1.1 NE	1.3 NW	1.5 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	-	8	-	-	8	8	10	5	6	10	9	-	3	7	3	7	5	6	-

	Friday 19						Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	224	258	125	139	131	133	60	77	269	305	587	302	252	290	305	302	254	266	337	322	728	888
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:10AM 1.39			2:47PM 1.39						6:17AM 1.46				6:24PM 1.88				7:58AM 1.55			4:29PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			9:37AM 1.01				11:59PM -0.12				11:37AM 0.95	12:58PM 0.91				1:12AM 0.04				12:26PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	2	3	10	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	13	14	15	16	18	17	13	13	14	22	20	20	20	21	21	21	15	15	17	17
Chill °C (?)	8	9	12	13	14	15	18	17	13	13	13	22	20	20	20	21	21	21	15	15	17	16
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.7 SSE	0.4 NE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	4	4	11	11	7	14	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	5	11	4	4	11	11	10	10	13	12	11	6	14	14	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	1.5 SW	-
Period (s)	6	5	-	-	4	4	4	4	6	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	7	-

	Friday 19	Sat
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katahama Shizuoka	Katahama Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	10	5	5	10	9	9	5	5	9	6	6	5	5	5	11
Energy(?)	215	194	161	158	190	154	55	44	37	36	16	280	77	101	100	216	120	120	52	50	49	112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															5:49PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	11	16	17	12	12	13	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	13	13	12	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	10	10	11	16	17	11	11	12	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	11	11	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NNW	0.5 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	7	9	6	6	6	6	6	11	11	5	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 NW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	14	18	7	11	11	16	16	16	9	13	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	6	-	4	4	5	5	5	9	4	5	5	9	6	6	5	5	5	4

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