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 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Nichinan Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	3	3	2	4	2	1	3	2	2	4	1	3	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 NE	2.0 E	1.1 S	2.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.1 ENE	0.6 NNE	1.7 E	3.0 E	2.4 ENE	1.5 SW	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	2.3 NE	2.5 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s)	12	9	9	12	7	6	8	7	7	12	7	11	9	10	10	9	8	9	8	6	7	8
Energy	742	599	278	1354	418	124	630	212	258	1245	76	699	3013	1179	1361	726	294	254	204	399	762	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:31AM 1.46		8:19PM 1.24	7:53AM 1.59		9:49PM 1.54	8:56AM 1.51		9:37PM 1.23			11:22PM 1.53	11:03AM 1.48		10:35PM 1.32	9:45AM 0.99		11:36PM 1.25		1:58PM 1.51	2:00AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	12:21AM 0.99		1:41PM 0.15	1:13AM 0.90		3:58PM 0.37		3:31AM 0.99	3:33PM 0.44	2:56AM 0.88	7:36AM 0.99	2:41PM 0.40		5:39AM 1.03	4:50PM 0.63		4:20AM 0.68	4:27PM 0.63		7:52AM 0.73		7:45PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	12	-
High °C	20	19	19	19	21	27	20	22	23	18	26	21	20	25	23	20	21	22	21	18	18	18
Low °C	19	19	18	16	21	27	20	22	22	18	24	20	20	24	22	19	20	21	20	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	18	21	27	20	22	23	18	26	21	20	25	23	20	21	22	21	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	4:33	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:20	-	-	5:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 NE	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SE	0.5 S	2.1 ENE	0.6 NNE	1.7 E	2.3 ESE	2.4 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.5 S	0.9 S	1.5 E
Period (s)	12	9	9	12	6	6	7	6	7	12	7	11	9	10	8	9	8	9	8	7	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.5 S	1.5 SW	1.5 SE	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.1 E	1.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	11	7	7	7	11	7	14	7	11	7	10	8	8	7	6	9	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 E	0.6 E	-	2.0 E	0.8 SW	2.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	0.7 NE	-	3.0 E	-	1.8 NE	0.5 NW	-	0.2 ESE	0.8 SW	2.3 NE	2.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	-	7	6	8	7	7	-	6	-	9	-	7	3	-	2	5	6	7	-

	Wed		Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Hashikui Bay Shikoku
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	1	2	2	2	4	2	1	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 NE	1.6 SSW	0.9 SSE	2.0 E	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	13	12	12	10	11	9	9	9	8	8	12	6	6	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	7
Energy	2364	1595	742	694	1044	599	109	278	259	202	1354	339	108	418	173	124	659	577	630	636	295	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		7:33PM 1.33			5:28AM 1.34	6:31AM 1.46				8:52PM 1.43				7:53AM 1.59					9:49PM 1.54			8:56AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)				1:36AM 0.99				1:41PM 0.15				2:44AM 1.05									3:30AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	19	20	18	19	19	19	18	19	18	23	22	21	22	27	20	19	20	20	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	20	19	20	17	19	18	19	18	19	17	23	22	21	22	27	20	19	20	20	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.2 NE	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	0.8 SE
Period (s)	13	12	12	10	11	9	8	9	8	8	12	6	6	6	7	6	8	8	7	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	1.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.4 W	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	11	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NE	1.0 E	0.4 NE	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.7 E	-	1.6 SSW	0.6 NE	2.0 E	0.2 N	0.8 SW	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	-	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	7	5	3	5	4	12	-	6	3	7	3	6	8	8	8	8	-	7

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	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	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	1	2	2	2	4	2	1	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	4105	2694	2364	3250	1556	1595	1545	1748	742	925	796	694	1421	1151	1044	872	715	599	510	109	109	355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:33PM 1.33										5:28AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)											1:36AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	22	20	20	19	21	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	20	20	19	21	19	20	20	20	18	19	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.6 E	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	4	4	-	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	5	5	3	3	5

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