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

	Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Mon
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Lena Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba
Rating	0	3	0	4	4	3	3	3	1	3	2	1	1	1	3	4	6	3	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 S	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 S	4.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSE	0.6 SE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SW	2.4 S	2.1 SW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	10	5	9	8	11	10	8	7	6	8	8	8	13	6	8	7	10	9	10	8	8
Energy(?)	5	71	60	1160	1729	7007	1162	507	42	211	324	214	197	56	306	677	592	2233	996	1835	578	191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:44PM 1.28		3:31AM 1.39	3:25PM 1.34		4:47AM 1.47	4:34PM 1.47		4:38AM 1.47			7:07AM 1.80		6:56PM 1.80	6:34AM 1.70			6:57AM 1.75		7:45PM 1.41	6:47AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			8:57PM 0.36	9:25AM 0.63		10:07PM 0.41	11:03AM 0.37		12:05AM 0.45	10:53AM 0.32	12:26PM 0.19	11:04PM 0.55		12:47PM 0.24	12:45AM 0.62			11:24PM 0.73		12:59PM 0.09	1:10AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	36	-	-	13	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	31	14	58	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	17	21	19	17	16	14	14	11	12	11	14	17	16	15	20	21	21	18	15	16
Low °C	14	17	17	21	17	13	15	13	12	11	11	10	12	16	13	15	18	16	19	17	14	16
Chill °C (?)	14	17	16	21	18	16	16	12	14	8	10	10	13	17	15	14	19	21	21	17	15	15
Sunrise	5:31	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:18
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 SE	-	2.0 SSE	-	2.5 SSE	0.1 E	2.3 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	4	10	11	11	-	11	10	8	7	8	7	8	8	7	-	8	-	9	15	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	2.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.0 SW	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.3 SE	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	1.1 SW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	-	11	18	-	10	8	10	9	7	13	8	6	13	-	13	-	-	-	8	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SE	1.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 S	4.5 SW	1.5 WNW	1.2 ENE	-	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	-	2.1 SE	1.6 ENE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SW	2.4 S	2.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	4	5	9	8	11	6	5	-	6	8	-	-	-	6	6	7	10	9	10	4	5

	Monday 30								Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Lena Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	4	0	1	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	3.0 S	1.5 S	0.4 ENE	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	3	5	4	8	5	9	6	10	9	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	9
Energy(?)	181	200	160	163	165	17	75	31	886	48	1572	143	72	1503	4990	1067	2507	1618	518	601	689	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:14AM 1.35				3:49PM 1.30				5:25AM 1.72				5:07PM 1.74				5:33AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				8:54AM 0.79	9:03AM 0.76				11:00PM 0.37				11:56AM 0.36				10:07PM 0.41				11:12AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	6	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	15	14	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	21	15	21	22	19	16	17	15	14	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	15	16	16	17	16	17	16	21	13	21	22	19	16	17	15	14	15	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.4 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	1.3 SW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.2 S	3.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	12	10	-	10	11	11	11	6	9	10	10	9	10	8	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	0.6 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.1 E	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	7	12	12	-	11	18	-	6	11	17	16	11	9	4	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	3.0 S	1.5 S	-	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	0.3 NNE	2.5 S	-	0.9 NNE	-	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	3	5	4	8	5	9	6	-	9	10	2	10	-	5	-	3	4

	Sun	Monday 30
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Lena Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Udo Shrine Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	4	0	1	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 ENE	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	4	9	4	10	12	10	12	11	10	5	5	12	10	9	5	5	5
Energy(?)	189	197	181	181	180	7	74	7	86	6	112	5	129	79	29	29	10	156	27	24	75	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																		2:23PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)														10:53AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	13	14	13	19	14	22	19	20	20	17	18	19	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	15	12	15	12	14	12	19	14	22	19	20	20	16	17	19	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.7 E	0.2 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	4	9	4	10	4	10	4	11	10	8	8	12	10	9	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	7	11	12	4	12	7	12	13	7	7	7	7	12	7	-	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 SSE	-	1.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	4	-	5	4	5	5	4	3	5	5	5	5

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