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 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			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	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Uchiboso Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Corners Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	4	2	3	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	0.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	8	8	11	11	-	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	18	16	14	13	14	9
Energy(?)	944	1585	1216	260	830	56	62	0	85	237	171	235	196	388	289	599	799	1295	1188	1498	1099	2006
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			2:40AM 1.51	11:24AM 1.23			3:13AM 1.45		2:42AM 1.31		2:10PM 1.20					4:50AM 1.73	3:18PM 1.28		3:42AM 1.41	5:08PM 1.68		4:45AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		4:22PM 0.53	6:45PM 0.46	7:11AM 1.10		7:26PM 0.64			7:20PM 0.50						9:19PM 0.38	10:53AM 0.42			9:58AM 0.23		11:50PM 0.45	11:10AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	19	21	20	18	15	18	16	25	19	15	24	24	22	19	18	17	21	21	22	20
Low °C	20	21	19	17	19	13	11	18	16	24	18	15	23	23	21	19	18	17	18	20	21	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	18	21	19	18	14	17	15	25	19	14	24	24	22	19	18	17	21	21	22	20
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	6:28	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:51	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	-	0.4 SE	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE	1.5 SSW	0.4 SE	1.1 NW	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 SE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	10	-	10	8	11	8	11	7	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	12	16	14	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.6 S	-	0.1 N	0.5 W	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	11	7	8	6	-	11	5	-	7	6	12	18	7	17	16	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 NW	2.5 SW	0.4 NE	1.0 NW	-	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 SE	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 NNE	2.5 E
Period (s)	8	9	9	3	8	2	4	-	5	4	7	5	4	6	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	9

	Friday 10						Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Torami Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Uchiboso Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	0	0	2	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	0.7 ESE	1.3 WSW	0.8 NE	0.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	7	8	9	8	10	8	8	8	11	10	7
Energy(?)	237	312	364	1329	3056	2000	520	985	842	1418	575	213	638	1686	1247	110	290	149	101	68	116	231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		7:19AM 1.25	10:35AM 1.39					2:31AM 1.35		7:42AM 1.17	9:39AM 1.11									1:22PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)					5:40PM 0.65								5:31PM 0.49					7:29AM 1.05				7:59PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	22	23	21	19	18	17	17	20	18	22	20	19	16	17	13	14	14	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	22	23	21	19	18	17	16	20	18	22	20	19	15	17	11	14	13	18	18	18
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.3 S	2.1 SW	0.7 ESE	1.3 WSW	0.8 NE	0.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	11	11	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	10	11	10	9	8	10	8	8	8	11	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 NE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	7	7	11	11	-	-	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	7	4	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	-	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.8 NE	-	0.7 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	8	9	9	-	8	9	8	9	7	8	9	8	3	4	-	5	-	-	-

	Friday 10	Sat
	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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Torami Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Torami Chiba	Katagai Chiba	Uchiboso Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	0	0	2	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	0.6 ESE	4.0 SW	-	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	-	9	9	7	11
Energy(?)	151	205	409	712	990	1211	1369	1593	307	723	743	1945	879	602	1351	65	2491	0	1949	1030	144	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						8:58AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)													3:56PM 0.48		5:10PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	4	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	9	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	22	19	21	21	22	22	17	18	17	21	19	19	19	20	18	19	18	18	17	21
Chill °C (?)	15	15	22	19	21	21	22	22	16	17	15	21	18	18	18	20	17	18	16	17	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	1.3 S	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	2.5 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	9	-	8	8	8	8	11	9	9	9	11	-	9	7	10	-	9	9	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	9	11	-	-	10	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.7 NW	-	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	3	-	9

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