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 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21
	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	Chikura Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kurihama Kanagawa	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Turtles Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Onjuku Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	1	2	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	4	2	2	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 ESE	2.4 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.5 E	-	1.4 NE	1.9 NE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	2.4 WSW	0.9 ESE	1.4 NE	2.0 W	0.5 E	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	10	7	7	7	8	7	-	8	-	7	8	5	7	6	7	9	10	8	13	10
Energy(?)	366	69	19	519	760	505	161	77	0	317	0	317	467	73	279	97	562	145	392	536	163	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:28AM 1.14	1:06PM 1.25		5:08AM 1.35	2:01PM 1.29		5:13AM 1.35	4:47PM 1.65		6:34AM 1.67	5:26PM 1.73		5:57AM 1.47	4:16PM 1.43		7:09AM 1.47	5:50PM 1.52		6:56AM 1.36	5:46PM 1.42	6:01PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		8:36AM 1.01		9:00PM 0.16	9:47AM 1.08		9:41PM 0.02	10:02AM 1.02		11:24PM -0.08	11:55AM 0.97		11:21PM -0.01	11:10AM 0.88		12:11AM -0.05		12:25PM 0.83	12:46AM 0.01		12:17PM 0.70	12:53AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
High °C	9	9	14	14	13	14	14	12	21	20	21	16	16	10	11	11	11	15	6	5	5	3
Low °C	8	7	13	13	12	14	11	11	20	20	20	16	15	9	10	10	11	11	2	5	4	1
Chill °C (?)	7	7	13	11	10	12	13	10	21	20	21	15	16	8	9	8	9	14	2	2	2	2
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:36	-	-	4:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.2 WSW	0.3 NE	-	0.1 S	1.2 ESE	1.1 NE	1.9 NE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	1.0 E	0.6 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.4 NE	2.0 W	0.5 E	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	8	10	9	10	10	8	12	-	10	8	7	8	6	14	6	13	9	10	8	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 SE	1.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	4	-	12	13	13	13	10	-	15	10	6	6	11	10	13	8	7	10	11	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	0.2 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	-	0.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	1.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	1.8 NNE	2.5 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	7	4	7	7	7	2	7	9	8	4	7	-	5	7	4	7	-	9	8	6	8

	Wed		Thursday 15								Friday 16								Saturday 17
	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	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.8 W	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	7	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	7
Energy(?)	515	222	267	212	428	365	51	108	87	119	294	288	567	1077	1224	505	522	549	313	79	58	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					4:25AM 1.26			12:57PM 1.30	3:13PM 1.50				5:31AM 1.28			2:38PM 1.39					5:23AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		8:34PM 0.28				7:39AM 1.01					10:24PM 0.37				9:09AM 0.99				10:14PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	9	8	8	8	9	10	11	10	13	10	11	11	14	14	14	14	13	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	8	6	7	6	4	8	7	8	11	10	12	9	10	9	13	12	12	13	11	10	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SW	0.3 ESE	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	10	8	8	9	10	5	9	6	7	7	8	10	10	13	10	8	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	13	7	9	4	-	9	-	9	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NE	-	-	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.8 W	-	-	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	7	8	7	7	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	7

	Wednesday 14	Thursday 15
	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	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7
Energy(?)	2147	273	515	624	1277	485	222	168	14	16	13	16	11	64	136	404	382	351	351	53	51	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						12:58PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)						8:02PM 0.28												8:40AM 1.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	5	6	7	5	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	10	8	9	5	7	6	5	3	2	5	4	5	4	7	4	4	3	4	8	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	11	7	10	10	6	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 NE	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	7	6	10	10	10	9	10	10	13	13	12	12	9	9	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	0.4 NNE	-	-	3.0 W	-	0.3 NE	-	0.3 NW	0.8 NW	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.6 NNE	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	7	-	-	8	-	7	-	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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