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

	Fri	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.2 E	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	8	8	7	8
Energy(?)	2527	2698	2560	1276	1561	2840	1395	1258	1272	1066	563	558	558	525	536	563	366	371	920	833	223	850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:57AM 1.53			4:50AM 1.44		6:11PM 1.45	4:48AM 1.57		7:03PM 1.38	5:17AM 1.56		10:01PM 1.57	9:09AM 1.73		11:37PM 1.50	8:49AM 1.57		11:11PM 1.08	7:31AM 1.16		2:38AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	12:03AM 0.51	10:40AM 0.07		10:47PM 0.76	11:37AM -0.20		11:19PM 0.87	11:59AM -0.03		11:50PM 0.97		3:20PM 0.01		3:22AM 0.84	4:39PM 0.15		3:29AM 1.17	2:55PM 0.11	2:41AM 1.01		4:13PM 0.25	7:07PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	4	1	-	3	1	8
High °C	14	17	17	21	23	18	21	22	19	17	22	20	17	20	19	17	18	18	15	13	20	15
Low °C	13	16	17	21	22	17	20	21	18	16	21	19	15	19	18	16	17	18	14	13	18	15
Chill °C (?)	14	17	16	21	23	18	21	22	19	16	22	20	17	20	19	16	18	18	13	11	20	13
Sunrise	-	5:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:37	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	1.2 E	1.2 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	6	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.1 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	10	12	11	-	-	6	-	4	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	1.7 ESE	-	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.4 NNE	2.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	8	4	8

	Fri		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Shida Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1875	2480	1165	2732	3281	2698	2615	2560	2166	2095	2030	1215	1115	1107	1550	1495	1762	3197	3285	3216	2865	1079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high
High Tide / height (m)					4:21AM 1.42				5:23PM 1.49					7:20AM 1.93				6:29PM 1.40			5:20AM 1.45	8:08AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			10:59PM 0.63				10:40AM 0.07				10:47PM 0.76	1:28AM 0.48				2:13PM -0.17			11:49PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	13	13	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	21	21	21	23	22	18	17	16	16	14	22
Chill °C (?)	18	12	13	14	14	16	17	16	17	17	17	21	21	21	23	22	18	17	15	15	13	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	6:01
Sunset	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.6 E
Period (s)	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.7 E	0.3 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	12	-	10	10	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Shida Chiba	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 SE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1949	2193	770	1930	3904	2480	2403	2562	2527	2690	2663	2089	1901	1942	3463	3307	3078	2964	2964	2735	3177	2260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 1.48	5:30PM 1.34													7:00AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)								10:14PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	12	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	22	22	22	23	23	17	16	16	16	17	24
Chill °C (?)	19	10	15	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	14	22	22	22	23	23	17	16	16	16	17	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 SE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	1.6 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	18	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	8	13	13	7	11	11	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	1.3 NNE	0.5 ESE	-	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	7	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

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