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

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	Mon	Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26
	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	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Kudaka Okinawa	Hebara Chiba	Torami Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Chikura Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Chikura Chiba
Rating	2	3	3	2	1	3	1	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	2.4 NNE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 NNW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 NE	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	1.0 N	0.8 NNE	0.6 N	0.3 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	8	11	8	9	8	8	8	7	11
Energy(?)	81	151	838	255	344	49	123	201	147	334	108	341	330	223	35	1100	470	988	126	109	61	23
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:12AM 1.79		7:00PM 1.88	8:16AM 1.86		7:29PM 1.95	8:35AM 1.95		6:26PM 1.38			7:45PM 1.32	9:46AM 1.74		7:38PM 1.23	9:50AM 1.67		9:31PM 1.03	9:16AM 1.23		10:47PM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)	1:53AM -0.10		1:23PM 0.73	1:39AM -0.07		1:48PM 0.64	2:03AM 0.18		12:32PM 0.73	1:05AM 0.14	5:59AM 0.04	1:58PM 0.59	2:18AM 0.28	3:23AM 0.41	2:08PM 0.53	1:37AM 0.54	3:28AM 0.59	4:18PM 0.58	2:37AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	16	13	7	10	2	2	5	4	4	4	5	16	6	7	9	7	6	8	4	8	18	7
Low °C	11	11	6	5	1	2	1	4	3	3	3	16	4	5	8	5	4	8	3	7	18	5
Chill °C (?)	15	12	3	7	-1	0	2	-1	1	0	5	15	2	5	5	1	2	3	2	4	18	5
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:37	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:55	-	-	6:02	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:04	-	-	6:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 WNW	1.3 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SE	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 NNW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	1.7 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.0 N	2.2 WNW	0.6 N	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	10	8	8	9	8	8	11	11	9	6	8	8	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 S	-	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 SW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.4 W	0.8 NNE	0.4 SE	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	10	10	10	10	7	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	6	8	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	2.4 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.2 NE	-	2.2 WSW	0.3 N	-	0.5 NE	-	0.7 ENE	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	0.5 NE	3.0 W	-	2.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	8	7	9	-	7	3	-	3	-	6	8	8	8	8	6	8	-	8	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	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	Castles Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.7 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.6 NE	1.1 NE	2.1 NNE	2.5 NE	3.5 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	0.7 SE	0.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	10	9	10	8	8	14	10	10	7	6	10	10
Energy(?)	370	317	93	98	129	434	931	949	539	250	835	1285	3974	265	328	164	88	83	639	545	204	158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:56PM 1.98				7:47AM 1.72			4:42PM 1.45		10:31PM 1.93			8:16AM 1.86				7:12PM 1.79				7:20AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)				1:04AM -0.15				1:15PM 0.88				12:47AM -0.05								12:53AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	13	11	10	11	13	14	7	6	5	13	14	6	1	2	4	2	3	3	0	3
Chill °C (?)	21	20	12	10	8	10	12	14	4	2	3	11	13	4	-3	0	1	-2	-1	-1	-5	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	2.1 NNE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	1.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	10	10	9	10	8	8	8	10	10	7	6	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 NE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.5 ENE	0.3 SE	0.1 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.3 NNE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	5	8	8	9	11	11	5	8	8	10	10	10	3	6	10	10	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.6 NE	1.1 NE	-	2.2 WNW	3.5 NE	-	1.1 NE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	0.8 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	6	7	7	7	8	8	-	8	10	-	8	-	2	3	7	6	7	-

	Monday 19	Tuesday 20
	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	Castles Okinawa	Kudaka Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Izumi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kamogawa Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ENE	1.7 SW	1.2 N	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 NNE	0.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	6	7	13	13	8	12	12	10	10	7	7	6	12
Energy(?)	371	340	76	84	84	89	121	102	352	359	224	356	408	90	149	163	41	40	135	180	181	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:19PM 1.88												6:08AM 1.41	7:29AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)									11:16PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	9	18	18	11	12	10	8	9	10	11	12	8
Chill °C (?)	21	21	18	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	6	16	16	9	10	7	6	7	7	8	11	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 W	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 SE	0.7 ENE	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	7	13	13	8	12	7	8	8	7	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 SE	0.7 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	-	10	10	5	10	12	10	10	12	12	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NW	0.4 NNE	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 N	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	3	6	6	7	6	6	-	6	7	6	6	-	3	6	3

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