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

	Wed	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11
	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	2	3	4	3	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	3.0 SSW	1.9 N	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.6 NNW	1.6 N	0.7 NE	1.1 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 E	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	14	13	8	8	12	13	13	12	11	12	7	7	5	7	11	12	12
Energy(?)	3381	940	770	1305	1182	67	61	1388	464	697	1067	1452	286	184	313	234	298	66	267	231	206	480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:24AM 1.86		8:35PM 1.86	5:29AM 1.27			5:47AM 1.29		6:41PM 1.34	6:26AM 1.41		10:16PM 1.53	6:36AM 1.40		8:13PM 1.10	7:12AM 1.32		11:27PM 1.32	9:22AM 1.60		1:55AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	11:34PM 0.15		2:32PM 0.19	2:44AM 0.21	11:45AM 0.26	12:54PM 0.34	11:50PM 0.39		12:17PM 0.22	12:18AM 0.65		1:09PM 0.33			1:57PM 0.38	12:54AM 0.85		2:17PM 0.41		3:28AM 1.19	3:39PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-
High °C	13	10	14	11	12	17	10	15	17	10	9	11	10	10	14	16	17	11	9	8	9	13
Low °C	11	7	12	9	10	11	8	14	16	5	9	10	6	7	13	15	16	11	6	7	8	12
Chill °C (?)	10	7	13	9	10	16	7	13	16	7	4	8	8	9	13	14	16	9	8	6	8	13
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:43	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:36	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:31	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	0.5 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE	2.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.8 E	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	8	5	12	8	12	13	13	12	11	12	8	8	11	10	5	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 NE	0.9 SW	-	1.9 WNW	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	14	8	-	12	8	-	8	4	6	6	13	14	10	13	11	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.8 S	0.4 W	3.0 SSW	1.9 N	1.1 NE	3.5 NW	-	0.8 SSW	0.4 N	0.9 WNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 N	0.7 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 NE	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	9	3	3	-	-	4	3	8	8	6	9	-	4	3	6	7	7	5	7	6	5	-

	Wed		Thursday 05								Friday 06								Saturday 07
	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	Amatu Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Shida Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	4	0	4	3	3	1	1	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ENE	1.8 N	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.7 ENE	3.0 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.2 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.5 S	0.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	9	9	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	15	12	12	12	13	13	8	14
Energy(?)	1867	532	484	403	998	2531	1054	1206	1387	991	1305	1276	54	1182	23	1085	912	807	61	76	721	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:14PM 1.43	8:01PM 1.91			5:12AM 1.25	6:31AM 1.37			5:17PM 1.28									6:02PM 1.42				7:50AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)				2:17AM 0.11			11:12AM 0.34				11:47PM 0.41									2:00AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	8	-
Temp. °C	10	19	18	18	6	11	10	12	12	11	10	10	20	10	10	14	12	13	9	8	13	8
Chill °C (?)	8	19	17	17	2	9	7	10	11	9	8	8	20	8	8	13	11	11	6	4	12	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	1.8 N	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.7 ENE	3.0 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.3 SE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.1 SE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	12	9	9	8	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	15	12	7	12	12	12	5	13	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.6 SE	2.1 WNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	12	16	12	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	15	-	-	-	8	8	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 WNW	-	0.5 NW	-	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.3 S	0.4 W	1.0 WNW	2.5 S	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	3	-	4	-	12	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	4	5	3	4	8	2

	Wednesday 04	Thursday 05
	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	Amatu Chiba	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Shida Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	4	0	4	3	3	1	1	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	0.6 SE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	0.5 SE	1.5 ENE	1.7 NE	1.5 ENE	0.6 E	1.6 NE	0.4 SE	1.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	8	12	12	12	9	7	8	6
Energy(?)	2225	672	760	760	67	3595	2298	2064	1773	1561	1049	1152	313	966	41	791	970	749	113	324	19	233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)															5:50AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)								11:00PM 0.18													11:50AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	20	19	19	9	13	8	7	7	7	8	8	19	7	7	7	8	8	10	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	8	20	18	18	5	10	3	2	2	2	4	3	19	2	4	2	4	4	8	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.0 N	1.6 ENE	0.5 SE	1.5 ENE	1.7 NE	1.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.8 NE
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	8	12	12	12	6	9	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SE	1.2 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.2 ENE	0.9 SE	0.1 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	12	8	6	8	8	8	9	16	4	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NNE	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	3.0 NE	3.5 WNW	2.4 N	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.8 NE	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.3 E	1.1 NNW	-	1.0 NNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NNW	1.4 NNE	1.6 NE	-	1.2 NE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	13	9	7	6	6	10	4	4	7	4	-	4	5	4	6	7	-	6

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