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

	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Ohara Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	4	1	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	4	4	2	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.6 ENE	2.5 WSW	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 E	2.0 E	1.1 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	4	12	7	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	9	10	11	10	13	13	8	12	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1241	45	694	824	1157	713	389	309	299	586	439	145	4	72	249	256	356	861	368	1347	1394	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:06PM 1.80	6:01AM 1.42		6:47PM 1.29	9:16AM 1.77		8:57PM 1.54	8:48AM 1.67		8:09PM 1.15	6:53AM 1.40		9:32PM 0.95	6:58AM 1.33			8:05AM 1.11			8:09AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 0.39			12:30PM 0.33	12:24AM 0.65	3:15AM 0.67	2:33PM 0.39	2:28AM 0.83		3:30PM 0.38	12:53AM 0.87		2:43PM 0.23	1:37AM 0.83		3:31PM 0.49			5:20PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	15	14	13	8	9	10	10	12	12	8	9	11	9	8	9	8	10	10	10	12
Low °C	11	14	13	14	11	4	6	9	7	11	12	8	7	11	8	7	9	7	9	10	7	8
Chill °C (?)	9	15	13	12	10	4	6	8	8	9	10	6	6	9	8	5	7	6	7	7	8	10
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	6:01	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	0.3 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	0.9 NNE	-	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	2.0 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	12	8	12	12	8	12	11	12	12	12	11	9	-	11	6	10	13	8	9	12	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	-	1.2 S	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 NNE	0.3 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 W	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	14	-	8	12	6	14	4	3	10	10	4	10	8	10	13	10	12	12	10	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	-	1.4 NE	0.7 NNE	-	0.4 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.5 N	1.1 E	1.3 NNE	0.9 N	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	4	5	7	-	6	4	-	3	7	6	-	3	5	5	3	6	5	4	9	9	6

	Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	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	Hebara Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	2	1	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.0 NE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.2 SSW	1.4 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	15	12	12	13	13	5	5	13	13	8	12	8	8	14	12	13	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1276	203	53	1241	1256	1121	508	91	94	70	71	1054	791	830	1429	885	1131	591	566	419	434	309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)								7:45PM 1.77								6:34PM 1.29				6:42AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	11:47PM 0.41	1:34AM 0.42			11:58AM 0.36					2:04AM 0.39				12:39PM 0.22				12:13AM 0.50				12:57PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	20	11	11	14	20	12	11	8	7	15	15	15	13	9	6	7	4	6	8	10
Chill °C (?)	8	13	20	9	9	12	20	12	10	4	4	14	14	15	12	7	4	4	-1	2	5	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	0.7 NE	0.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 S	1.3 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.4 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	7	15	12	12	13	7	5	5	13	13	12	8	12	8	14	12	13	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.3 N	0.2 SSE	-	-	1.0 NE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	1.4 ENE	0.8 S	1.0 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	13	6	7	-	-	13	8	8	8	8	-	12	8	12	8	7	6	8	9	5	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.1 NNE	1.7 NE	1.3 N	1.1 NE	0.5 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	4	-	5	5	3	3	8	7	8	8	6	7	6	5	5	-	-

	Thu	Friday 06
	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	Hebara Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Torami Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mera Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	2	1	4	4	4	3	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.8 E	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	14	15	12	12	12	6	8	8	13	13	12	12	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	985	207	67	1348	1348	1465	419	24	23	108	99	1241	1241	26	20	1127	1131	1473	999	992	884	882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)											7:43AM 1.81											6:02PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	20	10	9	9	19	7	7	13	14	10	11	12	13	11	13	12	15	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	12	20	8	6	7	18	6	6	12	13	8	9	11	13	9	11	10	14	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 N	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 E	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	7	7	12	12	12	8	8	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	14	15	8	8	8	15	4	4	6	13	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	7	7	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	4	3	4	4	4	4

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