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 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aja Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Oku Okinawa	Gomoda Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.3 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 W	2.2 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	7	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	6	8	8	9	8	8	9	10	10
Energy	422	321	515	54	290	212	63	72	84	120	98	78	121	181	332	771	512	344	340	422	411	280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:22PM 1.60	12:17AM 1.28		4:11PM 1.67	1:58AM 1.46		4:55PM 1.60	1:08AM 1.45		5:05PM 1.41	1:50AM 1.50	3:32AM 1.59		6:03PM 1.83	6:05AM 1.94		6:53PM 1.81	5:21AM 1.81		6:24PM 1.43	4:09AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			8:08AM 0.42		8:21PM 0.95	9:00AM 0.24		7:39PM 0.98	9:14AM 0.15		8:37PM 1.04	10:38AM -0.06		11:31PM 0.95		12:05PM 0.12	12:12AM 0.99			11:00PM 1.08	11:43AM -0.09	12:25PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	18	21	24	20	22	23	20	22	23	21	22	26	20	26	22	20	22	22	21	23	24
Low °C	23	17	20	24	19	20	23	20	21	23	21	21	25	20	26	22	19	21	21	21	23	23
Chill °C (?)	23	18	21	24	20	22	23	20	22	23	21	22	26	20	26	22	20	22	22	21	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:22	-
Sunset	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:10	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	1.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	6	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	9	8	8	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	1.0 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 NNE	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	7	7	5	7	7	11	9	7	8	7	6	9	10	6	15	8	8	8	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	-	1.3 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 W	2.2 ESE	0.3 N	-	0.7 N	-	-	0.3 SW
Period (s)	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	4	4	-	6	6	8	8	3	-	5	-	-	4

	Wednesday 10				Thursday 11								Friday 12								Sat
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Asakawa Shikoku	Corners Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	0.6 ENE	0.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s)	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7
Energy	95	422	201	291	321	340	403	515	368	54	98	354	290	228	210	212	101	63	82	47	72	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						1:33AM 1.57					4:38PM 1.70			1:32AM 1.27								1:08AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)								8:08AM 0.42				8:21PM 0.95				9:00AM 0.24	9:12AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	23	17	17	19	19	20	21	24	24	20	20	20	20	20	22	23	21	22	20	20
Chill °C (?)	24	23	23	17	17	19	19	20	21	24	24	20	20	20	20	20	22	23	21	22	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 ENE	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	9	8	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 NW	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.8 SSE	0.4 N	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	0.6 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	6	6	9	7	12	8	7	8	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	9	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.5 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	7	7

	Wednesday 10	Thursday 11
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	201	94	95	826	422	422	422	203	201	200	272	291	291	466	321	274	334	340	526	330	403	402
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							3:22PM 1.60										1:33AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	5	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	18	17	17	17	17	20	20	19	20	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	19	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	18	17	17	17	17	20	20	19	20	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	9	9	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	7	7	8	12	12	12	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 N	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.8 ENE	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	7	7	7	6	5	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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