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

	Thu	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	1	3	1	2	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	2.0 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	3.0 SSW	3.5 W	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 W	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	12	14	14	8	8	12	12	12	15	11	11	5	11	11	10	13	12	12	8	9	7
Energy(?)	95	1241	68	6	1372	1483	592	353	277	38	185	191	88	166	207	219	272	259	462	1331	1750	880
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	glass	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:39AM 1.48		6:17PM 1.38	9:04AM 1.85			6:18AM 1.42		8:57PM 1.54	8:42AM 1.74		8:31PM 1.16	7:17AM 1.41		9:27PM 0.90	7:54AM 1.24			7:32AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)	11:26PM 0.28	11:52AM 0.38	12:04PM 0.36	12:10AM 0.53	3:04AM 0.32	2:08PM 0.15	11:55PM 0.10		1:08PM 0.20	2:28AM 0.83		3:30PM 0.38	1:17AM 0.87		2:11PM 0.42	1:38AM 0.78		5:57PM 0.36			5:20PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	13	14	11	10	9	10	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	8	9	9	10	10	13
Low °C	12	10	11	12	13	11	5	6	9	7	7	9	6	6	10	6	6	8	7	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	12	9	7	11	11	6	7	6	9	10	9	10	6	6	8	8	6	8	9	10	10	11
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	2.0 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.4 SE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	2.5 E	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	12	8	14	12	12	12	12	12	8	11	11	13	11	11	6	10	12	12	13	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.7 E	0.1 SE	1.3 E	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	14	10	-	8	8	6	4	15	7	13	11	5	7	10	13	10	15	16	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 W	0.8 NE	0.7 N	-	-	0.6 N	0.5 NE	1.2 W	0.8 NE	1.0 ENE	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	2.5 E	-	2.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	8	8	4	4	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	-	6	4	5	8	-	7

	Thu		Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	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	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Ohara Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	3	4	4	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	3	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 NE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.1 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.1 NNE	2.5 W	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	15	14	8	12	13	5	13	13	7	7	8	8	8	6	8	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1333	984	1326	1465	53	69	82	998	827	95	51	70	519	340	1490	1035	909	136	858	609	504	515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:17PM 1.28					7:25AM 1.89				7:45PM 1.77				6:25AM 1.49				8:37PM 1.61				6:42AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)			11:47PM 0.41				10:53AM 0.10					2:04AM 0.39				12:43PM 0.19				12:13AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	10	10	20	14	6	14	13	12	8	8	13	13	14	14	13	7	11	5	5	6
Chill °C (?)	12	10	8	8	20	13	2	12	12	12	5	5	12	12	13	14	13	5	9	1	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.7 NE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.4 ENE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.6 S	2.1 SW	1.3 ENE	0.6 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	15	8	8	12	13	5	8	13	7	8	8	8	12	6	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	0.6 N	0.1 SE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	6	5	5	7	-	8	5	8	14	16	13	12	12	8	-	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.9 NNW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 W	0.5 W	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 NNE	2.5 W	0.6 N	0.6 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	2	5	3	4	5	2	3	7	7	8	8	8	6	8	4	5	5

	Thursday 05	Friday 06
	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	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Hebara Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Gyongpo Beach South Korea	Ohara Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Chigasaki Jetty Kanagawa	Katagai Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Mimitsu Kyu Shu	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba
Rating	4	3	4	4	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	3	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 N	0.6 E	1.2 SE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.9 E	1.9 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 W	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	7	9	5	12	12	9	9	13	8	8	13	12	8	8	5	13	12	13
Energy(?)	1234	843	842	878	53	123	158	1147	936	33	93	135	4	4	1197	1096	17	30	23	1526	1037	958
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			5:39PM 1.44												5:30AM 1.39	6:06AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)									11:46PM 0.26		1:18AM 0.18											12:14PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	12	19	12	7	10	10	7	12	12	9	9	9	10	11	13	13	10	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	11	18	12	6	8	9	6	12	12	7	7	7	8	10	12	13	8	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 N	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.9 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 NE	0.4 ESE	1.6 NE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	6	8	12	12	5	9	7	8	8	13	12	12	8	12	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 ENE	0.6 E	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 WSW	0.2 E	0.5 W	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	15	9	-	8	8	9	7	9	-	-	8	8	6	5	5	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	1.2 SE	-	-	1.0 N	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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