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

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Buma Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Aja Okinawa	Katahama Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Izumi Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.9 N	0.8 S	1.0 N	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.1 SE	2.4 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	9	5	7	6	6	8	9	8	10	10	11	12	12
Energy(?)	296	143	133	117	84	409	114	124	28	76	141	554	227	267	464	190	259	155	186	257	405	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:31PM 1.45	5:49AM 1.41		9:57PM 1.53	8:33AM 1.67		10:24PM 1.33	9:31AM 1.52		12:08AM 1.29	9:27AM 1.46		2:31AM 1.35	3:31AM 7:38AM 1.12 1.12	1:03PM 1.38		4:13AM 1.43	1:22PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)		12:51PM 0.03	1:48AM 0.85		2:34PM 0.37	2:58AM 1.04		3:26PM 0.53	2:51AM 1.14	3:52AM 1.03	5:02PM 0.40		4:32AM 1.34	5:40PM 0.65		4:20AM 1.11		8:43PM 0.67	9:59AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	14	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	23	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	1
High °C	17	21	19	16	14	19	12	20	13	15	18	17	16	18	16	24	17	19	24	18	17	20
Low °C	16	20	15	15	13	18	9	20	12	15	17	16	16	18	14	23	15	17	23	16	16	19
Chill °C (?)	17	21	19	15	12	18	10	20	13	15	18	16	15	17	15	24	16	19	24	18	17	20
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:26	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	6:36	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:49	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SW	0.8 S	1.0 N	0.7 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.8 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	9	9	11	10	9	8	9	8	10	10	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 S	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	6	10	9	9	8	6	8	11	11	11	9	12	7	5	12	6	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.9 N	1.2 NW	0.7 E	0.3 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.1 SE	2.4 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 S	0.4 NW	0.8 WSW	0.5 ENE	-	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	6	4	3	5	7	5	5	4	2	5	7	6	6	3	8	4	-	7	3	4	3

	Monday 06						Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	1	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	1.2 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 S	1.3 NE	2.2 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 NE	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.5 N	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	7	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	952	579	213	375	145	129	126	140	112	223	204	215	593	69	71	646	522	437	295	95	52	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	5:43AM 1.40						9:01PM 1.67			8:21AM 1.75					9:24PM 1.44				9:40AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				12:31PM 0.21				2:15AM 0.98				2:58PM 0.29				12:31AM 0.93	3:42AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	19	18	18	19	18	14	15	15	16	17	17	9	7	9	18	18	19	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	18	18	19	18	14	15	15	16	17	17	6	4	6	17	17	19	15	12	12
Sunrise	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 SSW	1.3 S	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	1.5 N	0.7 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	8	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	9	7	8	10	10	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.2 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	7	6	6	6	4	9	9	9	9	7	9	7	7	7	10	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SW	-	-	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	-	-	0.8 SW	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 NE	2.2 NE	1.1 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.7 NE	1.9 N	1.8 N	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	8	7	6	-	-	5	4	5	6	7	5	5	7	8	8	-	4	-	-

	Monday 06	Tue
	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	Big Ben Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Ohara Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Nagata Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Onjuku Chiba	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	1	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	6	8	8	8
Energy(?)	675	779	404	808	216	113	115	122	160	124	163	123	157	145	145	186	201	212	139	139	103	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:17AM 1.71														9:50PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)												2:24PM 0.20										12:09AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	16	17	16	17	18	19	20	21	20	21	19	18	17	21	22	23	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	16	17	16	17	18	19	20	21	20	21	19	18	16	21	22	23	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	10	6	6	6	7	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	-	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	5	5

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