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

	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	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	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hebara Chiba	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hebara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba
Rating	3	3	2	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.1 SE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ESE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.8 NE	2.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 NE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.7 S	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE
Period(s)	10	9	6	10	7	12	7	7	6	6	11	8	5	6	7	6	8	8	8	3	8	10
Energy	692	702	175	139	233	142	17	29	192	45	31	72	47	85	532	147	200	290	208	23	199	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:28PM 1.45		3:46AM 1.57	3:41PM 1.50		3:44AM 1.76	4:29PM 1.75			3:38PM 1.25		4:13AM 1.47	3:58PM 1.36		3:10AM 1.44	4:37PM 1.40		5:36AM 1.97	5:43PM 1.43	6:57PM 1.76	6:20AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			8:54PM 0.49	9:42AM 0.68		9:47PM 0.50	9:57AM 0.56		10:04PM 0.51	9:19AM 0.32		11:39PM 0.53	10:44AM 0.19		9:28PM 0.73	9:55AM 0.20		11:05PM 0.80			12:37AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	9	2	24	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	12	7	20	9	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	17	20	14	19	18	19	19	19	21	20	23	15	16	17	18	16	19	24	21	21
Low °C	17	19	17	20	14	19	18	18	17	18	20	18	23	13	14	16	14	14	19	23	21	20
Chill °C (?)	17	19	17	20	12	19	17	19	18	19	21	20	23	14	14	16	18	16	19	24	21	21
Sunrise	5:31	-	-	5:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:47
Sunset	-	6:50	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.1 SE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.9 NNW	0.4 ENE	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	6	10	7	7	7	7	9	6	8	8	8	6	-	6	7	8	8	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.5 NE	0.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.6 NE	0.1 SE	0.3 SW	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.8 S	0.4 SE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 NE	0.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	-	6	13	5	7	12	7	6	7	13	5	8	5	10	-	7	10	10	8	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 NW	-	-	0.3 S	1.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	-	0.8 NE	2.4 ESE	-	0.8 NE	-	-	0.7 S	1.1 WSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	5	6	-	3	6	-	6	7	-	8	-	-	3	5	6

	Sunday 26						Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 E	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	0.7 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NNE	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	10	7	7	7	8	7	11	8	4	12	12
Energy	1069	993	787	587	621	608	542	541	315	405	250	112	613	293	89	83	116	231	42	20	59	51
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:38PM 1.38					3:11AM 1.68							2:05AM 1.34					4:02PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			9:03AM 0.90			8:54PM 0.49				8:07AM 0.65				7:31PM 0.56					9:57AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	14	1	-	-	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	19	17	19	19	18	18	17	17	15	21	17	14	14	15	16	19	23	21	21	19
Chill °C (?)	18	17	19	17	19	19	18	18	17	17	14	21	17	14	14	15	16	19	23	21	21	19
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 E	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	0.7 ENE	1.6 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 WSW	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	10	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	7	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.8 ESE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.4 E
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	13	13	5	5	5	12	12	6	7	7	7	7	7	11	12	8	4	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	1.3 SW	0.6 WNW	-	1.7 WSW	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	3	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-

	Sunday 26	Mon
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kanegahama Kyu Shu	Kanegahama Kyu Shu
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.8 E	0.4 SE	1.9 E	1.8 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	10	6	13	13	13	13	14	9	6	9	9
Energy	1002	993	882	692	882	882	884	1070	787	211	214	160	104	232	232	230	214	861	534	13	583	523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										12:12PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)																6:33PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	19	17	19	19	19	20	19	17	17	20	17	17	17	17	17	19	18	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	19	17	19	19	19	20	19	16	17	20	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	0.1 SW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 NE	1.8 E	0.4 SE	1.9 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	10	6	6	6	6	6	14	9	6	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	7	7	7	6	-	14	14	11	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 NNW	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.6 ESE	-	-	1.2 N	1.1 N
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	5	5

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