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 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			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	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Malibu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.3 ENE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 NE	1.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	12
Energy(?)	2336	1738	1546	625	1289	2221	3334	3225	3114	2860	3321	431	1496	1330	754	578	690	602	282	314	474	547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				6:27AM 1.99								6:38PM 1.51	6:58AM 1.86		7:21PM 1.32	5:34AM 1.40						7:03AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		12:10PM 0.12			12:51PM -0.04							11:54PM 0.85		2:03PM -0.01	12:23AM 0.82		1:05PM -0.11			3:03PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	15	14	14	16	19	17	16	18	18	21	22	21	18	18	21	19	19	18	19	20
Low °C	22	17	13	11	13	15	16	16	15	16	17	21	21	21	18	18	20	18	16	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	21	15	13	12	16	19	17	16	18	18	21	22	21	18	18	21	19	19	18	19	20
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:01
Sunset	-	6:32	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 NE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.8 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	5	-	13	8	18	-	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	-	-	15	15	14	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	0.5 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	5	5	3	11	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4

	Thursday 16						Friday 17								Saturday 18
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.8 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 SE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	2051	2336	2090	2491	2459	1546	1546	1529	1535	1374	1076	850	1964	3860	3072	3764	3186	3334	2921	3032	2796	2990
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	-	low	mid-flow	-	-	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	-	-	low	-	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:54AM 1.90													6:46PM 1.90			4:23AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)				12:10PM 0.12							10:24AM 0.05				10:41PM 0.50					12:28PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	23	23	23	13	13	14	15	17	13	17	17	19	14	13	14	16	16	19	18	16
Chill °C (?)	21	22	23	23	23	12	12	14	15	17	11	17	16	19	14	13	14	16	16	19	18	16
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.8 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 SE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 E	0.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	4	5	5	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	11	18	-	13	11	11	11	12	11	8	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ENE	-	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	4	9	5	8	-	9	9	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16	Fri
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	3.5 NE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	10	15	15	16
Energy(?)	2265	2190	1592	2192	2276	1828	1899	2093	1856	1856	1393	840	1958	1792	1390	2485	1278	1588	3040	1573	1546	2497
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	21	18	19	20	20	20	18	21	21	20	14	12	12	13	11	13	13	10
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	17	18	20	20	20	17	21	21	20	11	9	9	12	7	13	12	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	0.5 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	1.1 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	4	5	17	17	17	-	-	13	13	7	15	18	13	17	13	9	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	-	0.5 N	-	-	1.2 NNE	1.2 NE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NE	1.3 NNE	1.7 ENE	0.7 N	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	0.9 NE	3.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	3.0 NE
Period (s)	4	-	5	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	7	3	6	7	7	8	8	5	10	5	5	9

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