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			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Californias Okinawa	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Shida Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Katagai Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Buma Okinawa	Buma Okinawa	Aoura Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	2	4	4	1	4	3	1	4	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 N	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.5 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.1 S	0.4 ENE	1.5 N	1.3 ENE	2.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	1.6 N	1.6 N	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period(s) (?)	10	9	12	12	9	12	12	13	8	12	10	12	13	12	11	-	6	7	5	11	11	15
Energy(?)	807	415	930	782	113	1094	1051	61	1056	151	489	551	1286	260	184	0	237	337	72	176	34	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:57PM 2.14	8:24AM 1.86		8:35PM 1.86	5:29AM 1.27	5:57PM 1.21		5:47AM 1.29		6:35PM 1.13	6:15AM 1.47		9:11PM 1.70	8:42AM 1.74		8:31PM 1.16	6:53AM 1.40		10:57PM 1.26	7:13AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		2:15AM 0.27		2:32PM 0.19	2:44AM 0.21	11:45AM 0.26		11:09PM 0.10		12:17PM 0.22	12:13AM 0.50		1:09PM 0.33	2:47AM 0.90		3:21PM 0.52	1:17AM 0.87		2:24PM 0.42			5:16PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	4	10	13	12	11	13	11	17	12	8	9	11	10	10	5	16	16	11	10	7	10
Low °C	19	3	7	12	11	10	13	8	15	10	6	7	10	8	7	4	16	16	11	7	5	10
Chill °C (?)	20	2	7	12	12	9	12	9	16	8	6	7	8	9	10	1	14	15	9	10	5	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	6:30	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 N	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.5 S	1.2 E	0.6 S	1.5 N	1.3 ENE	2.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.6 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	12	12	7	12	12	5	13	8	10	12	13	12	11	9	8	8	12	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 W	0.8 SW	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	-	8	8	9	7	-	8	-	12	7	8	-	4	4	-	13	13	8	9	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.3 W	2.1 S	3.0 W	-	-	2.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 N	-	1.6 N	1.6 N	0.7 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 NW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	5	-	3	3	-	-	-	2	8	8	-	-	8	6	3	-	6	7	5	7	4	4

	Wednesday 04				Thursday 05								Friday 06								Sat
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Bowls Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba	Tainohama Shikoku
Rating	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 N	1.4 NNW	2.0 N	1.7 N	1.5 N	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	12	12	13	12	6
Energy(?)	1100	391	701	591	357	1394	997	266	1054	1206	1326	1000	1326	200	81	74	19	1051	852	104	583	344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)				8:01PM 1.91			5:12AM 1.25				5:17PM 1.28					7:36AM 1.95				8:06PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		1:55PM 0.48							11:12AM 0.34				11:47PM 0.41	1:34AM 0.42							11:55PM 0.53	1:29AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	19	18	6	6	5	10	12	12	11	10	13	12	14	10	13	13	11	13	10
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	18	17	2	2	5	7	11	11	10	8	13	11	13	8	12	11	8	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 N	1.4 NNW	0.4 ESE	1.7 N	1.5 N	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.3 SE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	13	13	9	12	12	8	12	12	7	9	8	7	12	12	5	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	10	12	12	16	9	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	13	7	7	15	-	-	13	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.0 N	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 NW	-	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	0.7 SE	0.5 W	1.1 S	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	6	5	9	9	5	4	3	-	4	-	12	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	3	5	6

	Wednesday 04	Thursday 05
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Bowls Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Bowls Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Shida Chiba	Tainohama Shikoku
Rating	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 N	2.3 NNE	2.4 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.6 SSE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 NE	1.6 ENE	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	7	7	9	13	13	7	12	9
Energy(?)	1437	1643	1100	991	884	3523	3473	508	90	90	67	4139	4045	806	273	273	70	1406	1234	295	928	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)								4:16PM 0.24													5:21AM 1.47	6:42AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	20	20	9	10	6	9	9	8	8	8	12	11	9	9	7	7	10	6	4
Chill °C (?)	18	20	20	20	20	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	10	9	6	7	2	2	7	1	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.9 NNE	2.4 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	1.7 ENE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 SSE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.6 E	1.6 ENE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	10	10	17	8	8	9	13	13	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 W	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.5 ENE	0.8 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	9	13	13	17	17	17	9	8	8	8	8	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 N	2.3 NNE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.3 N	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.4 NE	1.1 NNW	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	6	6	5	13	13	-	13	13	13	10	10	8	7	7	3	4	4	7	4	6

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