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

	Wed		Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aja Okinawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikei Island Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.0 SE	1.3 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 E	1.0 SE	1.2 E	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	10	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	7	10	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10
Energy	206	251	263	217	673	386	225	501	559	474	502	218	358	642	533	292	251	270	215	203	230	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:27PM 1.54		3:19AM 1.61	5:15PM 1.77	2:35AM 1.34		5:27PM 1.73		4:44AM 1.84		6:19PM 1.97	3:40AM 1.46			4:17AM 1.49		7:49PM 1.91	5:33AM 1.47		8:35PM 1.74	7:22AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		9:08PM 0.64	9:44AM 0.35		8:49PM 0.63	9:20AM 0.07		11:19PM 0.64	11:21AM 0.03		11:57PM 0.80	10:41AM -0.22		10:25PM 0.98	11:27AM -0.26		1:10AM 1.01		3:03PM -0.13	1:50AM 1.02		3:19PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	20	23	16	17	21	20	22	23	20	22	21	19	22	22	21	21	24	20	23	26
Low °C	20	17	19	22	15	16	20	18	20	21	18	20	20	18	20	21	19	21	24	19	22	25
Chill °C (?)	21	18	20	23	14	16	21	20	22	23	20	22	21	19	22	22	21	21	24	20	23	26
Sunrise	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:01	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.1 E	1.6 E	1.0 SE	0.5 E	0.1 NE	1.9 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 E	1.0 SE	1.2 E	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	9	10	7	8	8	15	8	7	9	11	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.1 S	0.3 SE	-	1.2 ENE	0.6 E	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	0.8 E	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	-	12	12	7	11	-	8	9	-	9	11	5	11	9	11	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.9 E	-	0.6 ENE	1.3 ESE	2.2 E	0.4 NNW	0.3 WSW	-	0.6 W	1.0 E	-	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	9	9	7	8	8	8	-	8	10	8	3	5	-	4	9	-	3	-

	Wednesday 13				Thursday 14								Friday 15								Sat
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Mera Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 E
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	7	8	8	8	8
Energy	385	206	544	565	251	270	289	263	365	217	237	226	673	687	230	386	354	225	373	277	501	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							3:19AM 1.61				4:34PM 1.79			2:35AM 1.34	4:17AM 1.91				5:27PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				7:54PM 0.54	9:08PM 0.64												9:20AM 0.07				11:19PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	20	19	18	17	17	19	20	23	21	20	16	15	18	16	17	21	20	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	19	21	20	19	18	17	17	19	20	23	21	20	15	13	18	15	16	21	20	18	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SE
Period (s)	12	8	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	12	12	12	11	11	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	-	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.5 NNE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	1.5 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	9	9	3	9	9	7	8	-	8	8

	Wednesday 13	Thursday 14
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	218	302	385	385	394	206	210	266	544	555	554	565	565	251	251	261	267	270	270	280	289	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							3:27PM 1.54	4:16PM 1.75											3:19AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	9:05AM 0.55										7:54PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	19	20	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	21	19	20	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	8	12	11	11	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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