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

	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Osaki Point Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Katagai Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	1	0	1	1	6	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	5.0 S	3.5 S	1.7 SSW	2.1 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 E	3.0 SW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	7	7	5	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	9	9	6	7
Energy(?)	142	21	19	66	4209	2127	977	1109	619	453	302	115	158	1633	107	40	99	151	86	94	239	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:18PM 1.44		4:44AM 1.48		6:03PM 1.36	5:03AM 1.48		6:59PM 1.37	5:53AM 1.48			8:08AM 1.70	5:06PM 0.29	9:26PM 1.37	8:01AM 1.57		9:26PM 1.11	6:51AM 1.31		12:02AM 1.18	9:00AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	11:14AM 0.10		11:28PM 0.41	11:21AM 0.19	12:28PM 0.22	11:30PM 0.73	11:51AM 0.18	1:31PM -0.01	12:15AM 0.81		1:19PM 0.05	12:16AM 0.08			2:44AM 0.89		3:15PM 0.48	1:08AM 1.02		2:36PM 0.41		3:44AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	11	28	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	38	2
High °C	15	16	17	13	20	19	18	19	18	19	19	16	20	19	15	14	14	15	17	17	16	21
Low °C	13	15	12	12	19	17	17	17	15	18	18	15	18	16	12	13	14	14	16	17	15	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	17	12	20	18	18	19	18	19	19	15	20	18	14	14	14	14	17	17	16	21
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	6:04	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.4 NE	1.7 SSW	2.1 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 WSW	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.1 E
Period (s)	7	7	5	6	-	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	9	9	8	8	7	9	9	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	1.5 SE	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.6 ESE	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	6	7	-	13	8	10	10	9	14	6	9	12	5	7	7	6	6	-	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 S	-	0.9 SE	5.0 S	3.5 S	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	0.7 NNE	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	6	9	9	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	9	5	7	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	6	1	5	7	6	4	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.0 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	4.5 S	0.9 ESE	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SW	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	7	8	9	9	13	6	6	6	6	9	7	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	332	201	257	124	136	130	128	46	17	54	88	66	5812	82	3777	6143	5346	2961	3663	1243	1058	549
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:56AM 1.30				5:18PM 1.44	6:47PM 1.77			5:42AM 1.54					7:30PM 1.74			5:19AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	10:59PM 0.38								11:30PM 0.64													1:31PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	15	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	11	13	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	12	20	14	20	19	18	16	16	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	11	9	10	12	16	14	15	16	14	12	14	12	20	14	20	19	18	16	16	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.0 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	4.0 S	0.9 ESE	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SW	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	8	9	7	8	9	9	7	6	11	6	6	9	7	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 NE	0.7 SE	0.6 NE	0.9 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	2.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	13	7	12	7	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	9	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.3 SW	0.9 SE	4.5 S	-	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	-	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	3	6	4	6	9	-	10	10	10	9	10	10	-	9

	Thu		Friday 03
	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	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	6	1	5	7	6	4	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.1 SSE	1.5 SW	1.1 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	6	8	6	8	7	8	7	8	9	10	13
Energy(?)	476	195	444	191	27	233	167	35	40	27	38	6	40	6	37	44	31	21	53	128	33	49
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						6:56PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		10:32PM 0.55														12:34PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	16	10	10	12	12	12	14	15	16	18	15	17	17	15	15	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	10	14	9	8	12	12	12	14	15	16	18	15	17	17	13	14	14	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.1 SSE	1.5 SW	1.1 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	6	8	6	8	7	7	7	8	9	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	9	8	9	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	-	5	-	13	7	8	8	7	8	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NE	-	2.0 WNW	-	-	0.4 N	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.3 E	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	4	-	-	3	2	2	2	-	-	2	3	-	2	-	2

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