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

	Mon	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Tainohama Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hanamizu River Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tainohama Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	1	0	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	0.3 E	0.7 NNW	1.0 N	0.9 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 ESE	2.4 NE	0.9 E	1.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.0 S	0.6 ESE
Period(s)	9	7	8	6	7	9	8	8	5	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	6	6	6	8	8	10
Energy	82	43	46	266	342	16	66	193	88	112	121	174	82	454	1623	179	122	575	206	1068	376	71
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:58AM 1.31		2:49PM 1.18	2:27AM 1.38		5:46PM 1.67		3:22AM 1.43	5:45PM 1.82		4:53AM 1.67	2:19PM 0.28		3:32AM 1.46	5:31PM 1.34		4:31AM 1.38		6:44PM 1.46	7:48AM 1.91		8:31PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		8:46AM 0.45		8:16PM 0.61	8:56AM 0.44		11:39PM 0.53	9:57AM 0.29		11:11PM 0.56	11:23AM 0.19		10:32PM 0.79	10:25AM 0.13		10:57PM 0.65	11:23AM -0.03	12:52PM 0.19	12:00AM 0.81			1:50AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	2	20	1	11	1	-	-	1	14	21	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	19	20	19	22	24	24	17	17	19	16	19	20	17	20	16	19	20	18	17
Low °C	19	18	18	19	20	19	19	23	23	16	16	16	15	16	18	17	17	15	18	20	16	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	19	18	20	18	22	24	24	17	17	19	14	18	20	17	20	16	18	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:28	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.7 NNW	1.0 N	0.9 SE	0.2 E	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 ESE	1.6 NE	0.9 E	0.4 ESE	1.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 E	1.0 S	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	9	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	5	9	6	7	8	9	9	10	9	6	6	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.6 N	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.5 NNW	1.1 SW	1.0 SE	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	5	-	6	7	9	9	10	8	7	13	9	6	5	9	9	7	9	10	10	9	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 WSW	0.7 E	1.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.8 NNE	-	1.1 N	2.1 N	2.4 NE	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	6	7	6	3	5	4	5	4	-	4	6	9	5	6	6	6	8	10	-

	Mon		Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Shida Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aja Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 NE	0.7 ESE	0.6 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 NE	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 NE	1.0 SW	0.8 NNW	0.3 SSW	1.0 N
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	9	8	4	5	5	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	8	6	8
Energy	377	228	371	89	78	55	52	34	74	41	116	138	288	552	441	232	253	83	98	86	11	193
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:05AM 1.34					4:26PM 1.67			1:27AM 0.24	3:01AM 1.40				3:19PM 1.20				3:22AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		7:57PM 0.43					10:56AM 0.47				9:55PM 0.56			8:56AM 0.44	9:13AM 0.42				9:49PM 0.52	12:06AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	1
Temp. °C	18	16	14	15	16	20	21	20	22	18	20	9	18	20	21	20	17	15	17	22	12	24
Chill °C (?)	18	15	14	15	16	20	21	20	22	18	20	7	18	20	21	20	17	15	17	22	10	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-
Sunset	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 NE	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.9 NE	1.0 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.3 SSW	1.0 N
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	7	9	8	7	5	12	6	7	6	7	7	9	9	6	6	8	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 N	0.3 SE	-	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 E	1.0 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	5	8	-	8	8	7	7	13	9	9	9	8	8	6	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.6 NE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	3	7	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	6	7	7	6	6	-	4	4	3	5

	Monday 27	Tuesday 28
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Shida Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Aja Okinawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.4 ENE
Period(s)	7	7	7	8	7	9	9	7	8	7	6	5	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	9	4	8
Energy	319	239	233	240	145	86	85	63	70	28	66	16	45	146	135	115	103	63	92	27	18	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					7:31PM 0.56														9:06AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	14	20	20	15	17	16	16	12	16	15	16	17	17	19	18	21	19	22
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	14	12	20	20	15	17	16	16	11	15	14	16	17	17	19	18	21	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 E	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	7	9	9	7	8	7	6	5	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.5 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	7	12	5	7	-	7	7	7	7	8	12	8	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.5 NNE	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	7	2	2	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-

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