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

	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Sat
	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	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	6	8	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.6 SW	0.6 SSE	1.5 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 SSE	0.9 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	8	9	10	8	8	9	9	6	8	7	9	9	10	9	5	6	7	8	10
Energy(?)	2304	4728	1655	351	990	1252	507	340	130	114	345	89	285	52	62	82	84	162	76	365	192	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:24PM 1.44	7:21AM 1.81		8:28PM 1.69	7:18AM 1.71		8:41PM 1.56	6:13AM 1.45		9:33PM 1.53	6:08AM 1.40		9:08PM 1.12	6:41AM 1.30		12:23AM 0.97	8:07AM 1.21		2:25AM 1.18	11:03AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)			11:53PM 0.73		1:42PM -0.01	2:00AM 0.77		2:01PM 0.28	1:59AM 0.94		2:34PM 0.37	2:41AM 1.09		1:38PM 0.34	12:46AM 1.03		3:16PM 0.23	1:12AM 0.97	4:09AM 1.15	5:16PM 0.39		7:48AM 1.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	26	41	29	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	11	24	2	5	-
High °C	21	21	18	19	20	17	17	18	16	19	16	11	15	16	15	16	19	18	16	23	16	16
Low °C	19	19	16	17	18	15	16	17	15	16	16	9	15	15	14	15	16	16	16	22	13	15
Chill °C (?)	20	21	17	19	20	16	17	18	16	19	14	8	14	16	15	16	19	18	15	23	16	15
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:13
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.5 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	10	9	9	6	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	10	13	9	8	6	6	9	7	8	7	7	6	4	11	7	7	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 S	-	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.6 SW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	1.2 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	-	10	10	-	-	2	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	7	-	-

	Saturday 04						Sunday 05								Monday 06
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	1	0	0	6	5	4	8	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	1.3 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SE	1.5 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	6	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	8	10	9	9	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	65	16	111	5090	3681	1068	7161	1618	1255	1448	596	511	879	1503	1729	1141	1125	530	398	296	288	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						7:53PM 1.76								6:28PM 1.29			5:59AM 1.36					8:41PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			11:50AM 0.19	1:25PM 0.11				1:11AM 0.72				1:44PM 0.25			11:47PM 0.82					1:19PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	20	18	17	18	17	16	18	18	21	18	17	16	15	15	17	17	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	20	17	16	18	17	16	18	18	21	18	17	15	14	15	17	17	18	18	17
Sunrise	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	6	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	10	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.2 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	4	11	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	9	9	13	11	10	8	9	8	9	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	1.3 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	-	4.5 SSW	-	0.5 NNE	1.8 SSW	0.4 NNE	1.5 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	4	4	6	10	10	-	10	-	3	10	3	8	9	9	8	10	9	-	-	-	-	6

	Saturday 04																				Sun
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	1	0	0	6	5	4	8	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	4.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	4	4	7	8	8	7	7	8	6	9	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	10
Energy(?)	57	23	22	768	1052	2304	828	930	1265	161	3230	2375	663	466	792	906	1503	1865	1943	3526	3277	2136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:14AM 1.50	6:58AM 1.84											5:55PM 1.41	6:10PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)											1:02PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	3	4	2	3	5	1	14	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	1	2	-
High °C	15	14	14	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	18	21	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	15	12	12	18	18	18	15	15	15	14	17	21	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	7	6	6	13	10	-	9	10	-	11	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	14	14	14	14	-	-	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	4.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	7	8	8	7	7	8	6	9	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	-

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