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 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			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	Chikura Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Ikei Island Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.4 SE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 E	1.2 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.6 SE	0.5 E
Period(s) (?)	8	15	14	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	5	7	10
Energy(?)	1087	362	748	583	469	508	544	230	170	129	132	67	131	191	196	63	84	77	78	93	368	79
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			6:18PM 1.91	5:29AM 1.38	5:36PM 1.44		7:14AM 2.08		7:57PM 1.91	7:41AM 2.04		8:40PM 1.95	9:08AM 1.89		8:07PM 1.18	6:50AM 1.36		11:32PM 1.34	6:58AM 1.41		11:36PM 1.11	6:52AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		12:13PM 0.16	12:27AM 0.32	11:47AM 0.18		11:57PM 0.35		1:33PM 0.17	1:50AM 0.45		2:11PM 0.16	2:23AM 0.80	3:20AM 0.59	3:55PM 0.03	1:07AM 0.73		2:06PM 0.03			3:08PM 0.12	12:42AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	3	34	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	9	-	-
High °C	17	18	15	19	10	9	11	11	12	14	16	14	16	17	12	21	21	21	11	12	16	21
Low °C	17	16	13	18	10	5	7	11	11	12	15	12	15	16	10	20	21	21	9	11	15	20
Chill °C (?)	15	18	14	19	7	7	9	9	10	12	15	12	15	17	12	21	21	21	9	10	15	21
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	6:33	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:28	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	6:23	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	1.1 SSE	1.2 E	1.2 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.6 SE	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	15	14	15	6	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 NW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.8 NNE	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	5	6	7	13	5	6	5	16	4	-	-	12	7	11	6	6	8	6	10	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	0.4 NE	1.2 NNE	0.8 N	-	0.6 NNE	1.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SE	1.0 SSE	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.1 SW	0.2 N
Period (s)	8	6	6	7	-	6	7	6	3	4	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	3

	Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Ada Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	1.5 ENE	2.5 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	7	7	7	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	522	516	751	1018	1474	1653	683	752	522	799	738	549	519	544	476	525	508	232	312	668	314	357
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)								6:33PM 2.11				6:48AM 2.08			5:36PM 1.44				5:26AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		12:03AM 0.15			10:47AM 0.24					12:43AM 0.33				1:52PM 0.01			11:40PM 0.30	2:15AM 0.25			11:40AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	17	16	12	16	17	17	15	15	14	13	14	19	20	10	9	8	18	5	7	11	13
Chill °C (?)	20	17	16	10	15	17	17	14	14	13	12	14	19	20	8	7	5	18	1	4	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 ENE	2.3 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 NE	1.2 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	14	8	14	14	6	6	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	14	13	7	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	0.2 S	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.9 ENE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.5 NNW	0.4 SW	1.0 ENE	0.6 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	8	10	16	-	14	6	6	14	14	6	5	7	7	14	6	5	7	7	13	7	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 W	0.9 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.7 SW	0.6 NNE	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	1.5 NE	-	0.3 SW
Period (s)	4	7	7	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	-	-	7	6	3	6	7	-	6

	Wed	Thursday 19
	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	Ada Okinawa	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Yona Bay Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	0.1 E	1.6 SSW	0.4 SE	1.9 ENE	1.8 S	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	17	6	6	14	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	522	8	192	18	1591	203	530	530	331	538	547	547	555	516	1474	1474	1917	359	806	963	668	1225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										6:23AM 2.05										4:52PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)			11:55PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	18	12	15	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	21	21	16	16	17	20	14	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	20	15	17	10	13	14	16	15	14	14	14	13	21	21	15	16	17	20	12	12	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.4 SE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	14	11	11	6	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	8	13	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	1.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	0.5 W	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	16	6	9	-	-	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	14	4	13	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	4	6	6	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	4	4	8	8	8	4	4	4	4	13

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