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 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			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	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Shonan Kanagawa	Chikura Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Izumi Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Katagai Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Asakawa Shikoku	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	0	1	2	3	4	5	4	4	2	2	1	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.3 E	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	3.0 SE	1.8 SSE	4.5 SW	0.8 ESE	1.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	6	6	10	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	10	10	9
Energy	35	41	23	261	416	1335	477	3818	118	404	74	10	48	998	715	987	395	590	605	102	68	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:38PM 1.25		8:31AM 1.99	4:30PM 1.40		3:43AM 1.46	5:07PM 1.43		3:57AM 1.39		7:57PM 1.83	6:09AM 1.84		7:32PM 1.68	6:20AM 1.72		6:30PM 1.35	4:46AM 1.45		8:34PM 1.56	5:45AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		9:13PM 0.57			10:02PM 0.73	10:26AM 0.20		10:24PM 0.65	10:49AM -0.01	12:20PM 0.18	1:29AM 0.74		1:00PM 0.08	1:03AM 0.79		1:08PM 0.18	11:25PM 0.94		1:41PM 0.24	1:45AM 1.02		1:07PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	34	20	21	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	19	16	16	17	18	19	16	17	22	21	17	19	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	17	18	19
Low °C	17	14	15	15	17	17	16	15	19	19	17	18	22	20	21	19	17	19	19	14	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	14	15	16	18	18	16	15	22	21	17	19	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	16	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:28	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:43	-	-	5:09	-
Sunset	6:24	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.3 E	-	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	1.8 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	0.4 SE	1.1 S	0.4 SE	0.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	10	-	13	13	9	9	10	9	7	7	9	10	8	8	10	8	10	7	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.1 SW	-	0.2 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	5	-	-	8	-	12	9	10	9	7	-	10	9	10	-	10	-	10	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 ENE	0.6 NNE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	3.0 SE	-	4.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.7 S	0.4 NNE	-	1.3 S	3.0 SSW	-	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	6	4	7	7	8	-	9	3	8	3	-	6	8	-	8	7	8	8	4	3	5

	Wednesday 29				Thursday 30								Friday 01								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	Amatu Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Shonan Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.9 E	0.4 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	9
Energy	388	84	74	22	12	10	8	199	164	337	60	691	509	583	700	1437	1652	3939	302	215	2066	1598
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							3:22AM 1.43								5:07AM 1.74					6:10PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	9:19AM 0.32				9:30PM 0.67				9:49AM 0.15				11:41PM 0.59				9:55AM 0.20				10:32PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	2	18	-	3	2	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	16	20	17	16	16	18	19	17	18	16	14	16	15
Chill °C (?)	20	19	13	12	11	11	11	12	11	16	20	17	16	16	18	19	16	18	15	13	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.9 WSW	1.7 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SSW	0.3 NE	3.0 SSE	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	7	8	8	8	9	13	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.2 W	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 SE	0.1 NE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	5	-	-	4	4	12	9	-	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	10	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.9 E	0.9 NW	2.1 E	0.1 N	0.9 NNW	0.5 N	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	0.6 W	0.6 W	3.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	6	6	-	3	3	3	3	6	6	7	9	7	6	4	3	9	9	9	4	4	8	9

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	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	Amatu Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Fukuoka Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Shonan Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa
Rating	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 NNE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period(s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	8	11	11	11	11	4	5	5	4	4	6	6
Energy	238	298	106	40	30	35	35	128	128	32	40	31	11	11	9	35	80	88	28	30	8	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							3:49PM 1.35											2:49AM 1.42		4:43AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	9:19AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-
High °C	20	18	16	20	20	19	19	18	17	18	22	16	13	13	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	20	18	15	20	20	19	19	17	16	18	22	15	11	11	14	14	11	11	12	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	1.3 SSW	0.4 W	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	8	11	11	11	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	-	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	8	8	11	11	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.7 SE	0.9 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3

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