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

	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Sat
	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	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Osaki Point Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Buma Okinawa	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa
Rating	6	9	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	5.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 W	3.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	0.5 SE	0.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.5 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	10	10	10	9	8	9	6	8	8	8	8	5	10	9	6	9	10	7	10
Energy(?)	1255	4059	1418	1838	1537	1091	547	364	215	95	1639	387	240	49	114	87	84	318	134	123	318	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:09PM 1.48	5:33AM 1.50	4:15PM 0.29	8:15PM 1.80	8:39AM 1.85		8:41PM 1.55	7:39AM 1.64		8:22PM 1.20	8:01AM 1.57		10:24PM 1.33	8:14AM 1.37		12:23AM 0.97	7:42AM 1.16		2:00AM 1.19	10:31AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)	11:50AM 0.19		12:44AM 0.60			1:50AM 0.73		1:57PM 0.05	2:00AM 0.94		1:25PM 0.28	12:54AM 0.96		1:41PM 0.33	2:51AM 1.14		4:45PM 0.39	1:12AM 0.97		5:25PM 0.35		8:08AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	30	35	37	-	-	-	-	-	16	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	18	20	20	18	17	18	16	20	17	15	14	15	15	17	17	16	18	24	15	24
Low °C	19	19	16	19	17	17	17	18	15	19	15	13	14	15	12	17	16	16	18	24	14	24
Chill °C (?)	19	21	17	20	20	17	17	18	16	20	15	14	12	14	14	17	17	16	18	24	15	24
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:18	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.5 SE	1.0 ESE	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 S	0.8 W	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	1.4 WSW	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	9	9	9	8	6	6	9	9	8	8	5	10	9	6	9	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 E	1.2 S	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.3 W	-	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	9	8	9	8	9	9	13	4	9	7	9	-	11	9	4	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	5.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	-	-	1.0 NNE	1.3 N	3.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 WNW	0.6 S	0.9 SW	-	-	1.5 SSE	0.5 SE	1.5 WSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	9	8	10	10	10	-	-	4	6	8	8	6	4	5	-	-	6	3	7	7	8

	Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	6	3	8	9	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	1.0 SE	4.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 SE	3.0 S	1.6 SW	1.4 SE	1.9 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	4	10	11	6	10	8	11	11	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	21	23	63	16	79	5181	679	7442	8572	1800	1362	1838	643	2754	688	571	1024	687	1194	510	218	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)								7:14PM 1.69			5:33AM 1.50					7:54PM 1.54			5:59AM 1.36	6:28AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	11:30PM 0.64				10:03AM 0.15	1:07PM -0.01				1:11AM 0.72								12:19AM 0.61				1:19PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	4	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	16	15	12	20	19	19	18	17	18	19	18	19	17	17	16	16	15	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	12	12	16	14	11	20	19	19	18	17	18	19	18	19	17	17	15	15	15	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	3.0 SSE	1.9 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	-	2.2 S	1.6 SE	2.5 S	0.9 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	6	6	10	6	6	10	8	11	11	10	-	10	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	7	11	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	11	9	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SE	4.5 SSW	-	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	-	2.5 S	1.7 SSW	0.4 NNE	3.0 S	1.6 SW	-	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	6	10	-	10	11	-	10	10	3	9	9	-	10	6	9	-	-	-

	Fri		Saturday 04
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Kurihama Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	6	3	8	9	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	1.7 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	3	5	6	6	10	13	6	11	11	7	6	8	6	6	7	7	8	7	8
Energy(?)	14	19	51	22	12	217	327	3	45	218	11	11	603	463	1219	224	146	717	782	836	679	958
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										6:36AM 1.79												6:42PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)																12:46PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	1	-	-	1	2	3
High °C	14	14	16	14	16	19	22	17	17	17	15	15	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	18	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	16	12	16	18	22	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	17	16	15	15	16	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	6	7	6	5	10	13	10	10	10	6	6	10	10	-	10	11	10	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	8	11	10	11	6	13	6	8	13	13	11	11	-	10	-	12	10	14	14	14	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.5 SSW	-	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	3	3	-	3	-	6	6	5	6	6	4	4	7	6	8	6	6	7	7	8	7	8

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