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

	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thu
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kojima Kyu Shu	Takegashima Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Gomoda Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	1	1	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SE	2.1 ENE	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 NE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.2 E	3.5 S	0.7 SSE	4.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SE	1.3 SE	1.8 ESE	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	6	9	9	7	6	7	8
Energy(?)	1612	1065	682	859	621	734	1393	407	355	256	225	196	149	8	2740	55	3134	369	99	178	410	668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:44AM 1.36		2:53AM 1.41				3:34AM 1.37	2:40PM 1.55		3:06AM 1.14	1:49PM 1.14		3:37AM 1.22	2:44PM 1.28		3:54AM 1.27	3:43PM 1.30		5:02AM 1.37	4:09PM 1.39		5:21AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)			6:20PM 0.51	7:43AM 1.27		7:36PM 0.38	9:18AM 1.02		9:33PM 0.48	8:40AM 0.80		9:58PM 0.26	9:18AM 0.62		9:21PM 0.21	9:47AM 0.45		9:28PM 0.26	11:01AM 0.41		11:35PM 0.31	11:32AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	25	6	30	30	4	-	-	40	22	-
High °C	13	17	17	14	14	13	16	15	14	15	15	15	18	17	17	16	16	16	14	17	15	16
Low °C	12	17	14	13	14	12	15	15	13	14	14	14	18	16	16	14	16	13	12	17	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	17	17	12	13	12	16	14	13	15	14	14	18	17	17	14	15	15	14	16	14	15
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	6:29	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SE	2.1 ENE	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.2 E	2.5 S	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	6	10	8	7	6	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 W	0.9 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.9 E
Period (s)	10	6	6	10	8	13	12	11	10	4	10	4	12	5	-	11	16	9	8	16	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NNE	-	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	3.5 S	0.7 SSE	4.5 SSW	-	0.8 NNE	1.3 SE	1.8 ESE	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	7	-	11	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	4	5	4	9	6	9	-	4	6	7	5

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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	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kugenuma Rivermouth Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.3 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.6 E	2.0 E	2.1 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.6 NE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	13	10	10	12
Energy(?)	1218	847	1042	1072	620	1427	1164	1001	1003	1581	1301	517	686	1001	539	547	520	670	1515	571	205	1102
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	low	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high-flow	high	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:39PM 1.21	12:22AM 1.35																	4:08AM 1.02			12:44PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)			4:23AM 1.23				5:50PM 0.37	6:32PM 0.57				7:36AM 1.23				6:24PM 0.25				7:56AM 1.09	9:18AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	14	12	14	14	17	17	11	10	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	15	14	13	16
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	13	10	12	12	17	17	8	8	15	13	12	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.3 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.6 E	2.0 E	2.1 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.6 NE
Period (s)	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW	1.4 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	10	9	8	-	-	10	8	12	8	10	13	8	12	12	13	12	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 N	-	0.8 NNE	0.8 N	1.7 ENE	1.0 NE	-	-	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	3	3	-	2	3	-	6	6	8	11	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Shishikui Beach Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Kugenuma Rivermouth Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.5 SE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.3 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.4 SE	1.7 E	4.5 ENE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	4.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	10	7	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	553	791	824	808	379	1296	1296	741	703	909	965	238	1383	932	2966	2988	1492	464	3840	1452	1164	2910
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				12:22AM 1.35							7:50AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)							3:51AM 1.15		5:01AM 1.34											4:26PM 0.36	5:50PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	14	14	12	12	15	13	12	12	13	13	13	15	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	11	10	7	8	13	13	9	9	15	10	9	9	10	10	11	12	11	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	6:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.5 NE	1.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SW	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	13	13	7	7	8	12	8	12	12	10	10	10	8	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.1 SW	0.8 NE	0.9 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.9 S
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	12	-	-	8	8	12	8	7	12	8	10	10	10	12	10	12	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.5 SE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.3 NNE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 E	4.5 ENE	-	-	4.0 ENE
Period (s)	5	4	4	4	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	9	8	9	9	8	7	10	-	-	10

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