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 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	1	1	1	5	4	5	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	3.0 SSE	4.5 S	3.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 E	0.5 E	1.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	8	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	6	8	8	10	9	9	6
Energy(?)	144	67	60	1181	3601	1839	906	1039	731	449	341	212	175	1219	387	162	73	160	97	95	117	255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:18PM 1.44		4:50AM 1.43		7:25PM 1.73	6:26AM 1.53		7:24PM 1.47	6:47AM 1.49		9:01PM 1.67	8:02AM 1.64		9:24PM 1.44	6:35AM 1.40		9:08PM 1.12	7:17AM 1.32		12:37AM 1.19	8:50AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	11:14AM 0.10		10:59PM 0.64	11:29AM 0.19	1:05PM 0.23	1:14AM 0.51		12:19PM 0.19	12:51AM 0.73		2:19PM 0.04	2:21AM 0.89		2:34PM 0.37	2:24AM 1.04		2:05PM 0.37	12:46AM 1.03		4:11PM 0.58		3:55AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	40	36	12	-	-	-	-	-	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	32	14
High °C	15	15	14	20	20	19	18	19	17	18	18	18	21	18	14	14	15	15	19	19	18	17
Low °C	13	14	14	19	18	17	18	18	15	17	17	15	18	17	10	13	15	14	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	20	20	18	18	19	16	18	18	18	21	16	12	14	14	14	19	19	18	16
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.4 NE	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.4 SE	1.7 SW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.6 SW	0.6 S	0.5 E	1.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	-	-	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	9	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.1 E	1.6 SE	1.5 SSW	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	10	10	-	-	13	8	10	10	9	10	8	9	13	9	8	7	6	12	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 SSE	4.5 S	3.5 S	0.5 NE	-	1.8 SW	-	1.4 SW	-	-	3.0 SSW	1.1 NE	1.1 E	0.3 NW	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	9	9	3	-	8	-	8	-	-	8	5	6	3	-	-	2	4	6

	Friday 03						Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	5	4	7	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NE	0.8 SSE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SE	0.4 ESE	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	3.5 S	2.4 S	1.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	13	13	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	10	9
Energy(?)	250	126	128	130	57	49	60	81	122	70	5702	3814	1815	6473	1854	1476	2031	3818	1363	573	1377	544
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:51AM 1.36					6:47PM 1.77			5:42AM 1.54	6:06AM 1.55				7:30PM 1.74			5:33AM 1.50					7:54PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			10:52AM 0.25									1:07PM -0.01								1:31PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	15	15	17	16	14	12	14	15	20	20	20	19	17	17	16	19	16	19	17	18
Chill °C (?)	8	12	14	14	17	16	14	11	14	14	20	20	20	19	17	17	16	19	16	19	17	18
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 S	-	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	7	7	7	10	6	10	9	9	10	10	10	-	10	10	9	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.3 SW	1.3 SE	1.1 S	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	7	7	13	13	10	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NE	-	-	0.3 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.9 SE	0.6 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	-	4.5 SSW	-	3.0 S	2.2 SSW	3.5 S	-	-	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	2	3	3	-	3	6	4	10	10	-	10	-	9	10	10	-	-	10	8

	Friday 03																				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	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Sakawa River Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	5	4	7	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	10	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	217	168	151	170	50	19	126	33	42	112	33	32	34	48	48	19	19	135	42	67	54	58
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:25AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)									11:39AM 0.15	12:09PM 0.13											11:54PM 0.50	12:31AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	11	14	15	13	15	15	15	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	17	13	15
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	9	14	15	13	14	14	15	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	16	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	10	8	10	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 W	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 W	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	7	7	5	9	8	5	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	10	6	13	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.9 WNW	-	0.4 SE	0.7 WNW	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	3	5	4	4	-	6	6	3	3	7	3	4	3	7

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