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 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Choshi Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Torami Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	2	1	1	1	0	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.1 NNE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	1.5 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	8	8	13	7	7	8	7	10	9	9	8	8	6	9	8	8	8	7	8
Energy(?)	314	1288	827	208	169	44	9	665	1705	479	904	1200	632	306	250	97	774	524	296	111	168	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:14AM 1.39		6:21PM 1.82	4:39AM 1.42	5:34PM 1.39		5:07AM 1.40			5:31AM 1.35		6:52PM 1.28	5:24AM 1.47		8:16PM 1.24	6:41AM 1.36		9:21PM 1.44	6:11AM 1.36		9:26PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26PM 0.32	10:30AM 0.33	12:03PM 0.15	12:19AM 0.52	11:06AM 0.24		11:22PM 0.48	11:44AM 0.04		11:24PM 0.73		12:16PM 0.04	12:19AM 0.61		12:23PM 0.20	1:10AM 0.84		12:59PM 0.26	2:25AM 1.02		1:49PM 0.35	1:08AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	35	26	-	-	-	-	10	14	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	16	12	11	11	15	17	15	18	19	17	19	19	16	18	15	14	15	16	15	15	15	12
Low °C	12	12	11	10	14	16	14	17	17	15	19	17	15	17	14	13	14	15	13	15	12	10
Chill °C (?)	15	10	10	11	14	17	14	17	18	15	18	18	15	18	15	13	15	16	15	14	15	11
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.4 WNW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.2 E	-	-	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	8	7	4	10	-	-	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.1 SE	0.7 NE	1.1 NNE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	4	14	8	8	13	7	-	-	-	-	10	8	9	8	-	10	10	9	8	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.6 N	-	-	-	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	-	1.1 S	-	2.4 SSW	0.7 NNE	-	1.1 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	7	8	7	10	9	9	7	-	6	-	9	4	-	7	5

	Wed		Thursday 02								Friday 03								Saturday 04
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Malibu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.9 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	0.7 NE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	9	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	6
Energy(?)	518	748	272	502	2192	2279	1374	1269	635	390	315	276	218	121	154	177	211	158	70	88	90	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:26PM 1.34				4:22AM 1.39				5:05PM 1.36				4:56AM 1.30								4:50AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)			11:49PM 0.25				10:45AM 0.17				10:59PM 0.38				10:52AM 0.25	12:01PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	3	-	1	7	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	14	15	15	15	14	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	12	11	10	10	11	10	9	11	8	9	10	12	13	15	15	14	14	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	0.1 NE	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	0.7 NE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	8	8	6	9	9	9	8	9	9	7	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.2 ENE	0.6 NE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 SW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	6	6	14	6	6	14	14	8	8	9	8	7	9	7	7	7	10	13	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.9 ESE	-	0.4 NNE	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 N	0.5 NNE	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	4	8	-	5	8	9	10	3	4	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	6	6	3

	Wednesday 01								Thursday 02
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Malibu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.5 S	1.1 NNE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.1 S	1.4 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	10	8	5	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	14	14	8	8	9	10	9
Energy(?)	644	506	132	141	454	748	378	362	336	314	716	864	864	1243	620	23	22	657	287	2442	900	351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 1.39	5:40PM 1.92											4:07AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)								10:26PM 0.32												10:30AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	4	1	1	1	4	5	5	3	3	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	12	14	15	14	14	15	16	14	11	11	13	12	20	19	12	14	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	10	13	10	12	15	13	14	14	15	12	7	8	12	10	19	18	10	13	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:59	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SW	0.8 ENE	1.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	2.2 S	2.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.1 S	1.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	10	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	6	8	6	6	6	8	8	14	14	8	8	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.6 NE	0.5 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 SW	0.5 NE	0.7 SW	1.0 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 ESE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	15	5	8	6	6	9	5	9	6	14	14	14	6	6	9	9	6	14	7	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.9 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	0.5 NW	3.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	4	5	8	5	7	8	-	7	8	8	7	8	9	10	9	3	9	-	-

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