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 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	4	5	4	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	0.1 S	1.1 SW	1.6 SSE	4.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 S	1.5 S	0.5 SE	0.9 SE	2.3 NE	2.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.1 ENE	0.8 SW	0.2 ESE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	9	10	10	9	12	6	6	9	7	10	9	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	13	7
Energy(?)	1183	1010	346	313	238	149	6	102	265	3869	451	1319	388	24	89	704	810	506	255	161	17	806
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:44PM 1.01		4:10AM 1.09	2:35PM 1.12		4:25AM 1.18	3:38PM 1.25		3:31AM 1.39	3:15PM 1.38		4:18AM 1.23	4:12PM 1.32		4:31AM 1.34			4:25AM 1.47	5:18PM 1.44		5:14AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	9:14AM 1.07		8:33PM 0.19	9:14AM 0.79		9:28PM 0.20	9:53AM 0.65		10:11PM 0.24	9:25AM 0.63		9:32PM 0.41	10:10AM 0.42		10:03PM 0.47	10:46AM 0.19	1:12PM 0.30	10:32PM 0.55	10:52AM 0.25		11:30PM 0.64	11:50AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	24	27	8	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	91	2
High °C	17	17	15	17	20	16	15	18	20	20	15	15	15	14	12	10	13	13	16	16	19	16
Low °C	16	17	14	15	20	15	14	18	18	20	15	11	15	14	11	10	12	12	14	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	17	20	16	14	18	20	19	13	13	14	12	10	7	12	13	15	15	19	16
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	2.5 S	1.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	1.6 E	1.1 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	12	10	9	10	10	9	4	10	10	11	10	10	9	6	7	8	9	9	8	9	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	-	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	12	10	3	8	10	7	12	-	18	16	16	13	7	8	9	14	9	7	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.6 SSE	4.5 SSW	2.1 S	0.9 NW	0.4 ENE	1.7 NE	0.6 NNE	2.3 NE	2.2 ENE	-	-	0.8 SW	1.6 E	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	9	7	4	3	6	4	8	8	-	-	8	5	7

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	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	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	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.8 E	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	5	4
Energy(?)	266	1207	1360	1183	1086	1010	853	738	689	335	317	260	285	227	193	233	215	180	166	134	11	25
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	on	on
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			4:08AM 1.02			12:44PM 1.01				2:57AM 1.30				1:15PM 1.04					3:14AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)				8:23AM 0.92				8:33PM 0.19				8:21AM 0.96				8:39PM 0.23	11:15PM 0.38			8:54AM 0.79	9:28AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	14	15	16	17	17	16	15	20	15	15	15	15	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	14	15	16	17	17	16	15	20	15	15	14	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.1 E	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	13	13	9	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	3	10	10	11	8	4	4	5	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	4	-	4	-	4	4	5	5	4

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	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	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	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6
Energy(?)	312	1118	1103	1103	1207	1207	1322	1330	1360	532	534	553	417	364	469	522	205	411	402	396	10	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)								4:08AM 1.02						10:25AM 1.02	11:08AM 1.18	12:03PM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)											7:36AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	20	15	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	8	10	11	12	14	13	15	20	15	15	15	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	11	11	11	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-

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