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

	Tue	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	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	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Kugenuma Rivermouth Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Onjuku Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka
Rating	7	6	4	4	3	2	4	1	1	2	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 ENE	0.4 E	0.8 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 E	3.5 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	13	13	11	12	10	9	12	9	6	7	7	8	12	11	11	9	7	9	9	10	8	8
Energy	6522	5100	1404	1053	547	348	1502	80	71	394	329	470	1379	978	755	2960	1068	1960	891	1306	355	516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:34AM 1.67		7:49PM 1.30	5:28AM 1.34		8:19PM 1.24	8:00AM 1.64		9:49PM 1.54	8:37AM 1.52		9:37PM 1.23	8:15AM 1.12		11:35PM 1.62	10:21AM 1.30		10:35PM 1.32	11:20AM 1.01	12:11PM 1.33	1:22AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	1:24AM 1.03		1:32PM 0.21	12:27AM 0.99		1:41PM 0.15	1:13AM 0.90		3:59PM 0.34		3:12AM 1.02	3:42PM 0.45	2:56AM 0.88	3:29AM 0.91	2:46PM 0.41		5:04AM 0.93	4:50PM 0.63		5:47AM 0.73		6:46PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	1	3	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	24	27	28	20	20	18	18	22	28	20	22	22	18	21	20	21	21	22	21	23	23	20
Low °C	22	26	26	19	19	18	16	22	27	20	22	21	17	19	20	20	20	22	20	23	22	19
Chill °C	24	27	28	20	20	18	18	22	28	20	22	22	18	21	20	21	21	22	21	23	23	20
Sunrise	-	4:52	-	-	4:26	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	3.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 ENE	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.5 E	2.2 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 E	2.5 E	1.7 S	2.3 S	2.2 SSE	0.8 SE	1.0 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	12	10	9	12	6	6	6	6	8	12	11	11	9	8	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	3.0 ESE	2.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	12	12	7	-	7	7	9	-	10	9	9	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 N	2.0 N	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	-	-	-	3.5 ENE	2.5 ESE	2.5 S	-	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	10	4	-	4	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	9	7	9	-	10	8	8

	Tue		Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Inamura Point Kanagawa	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kugenuma Rivermouth Kanagawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu
Rating	9	3	7	5	4	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	4	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 SSE	1.4 SSW	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	2.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.4 E
Period(s)	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	11	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	12	12	6	9
Energy	10912	962	6522	3461	2429	5100	3711	1404	3233	1695	1053	1538	1085	547	619	348	284	138	1502	394	158	80
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:50PM 1.31				6:34AM 1.67				7:33PM 1.33								8:26PM 1.23				8:00AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				1:24AM 1.03				1:32PM 0.21				1:22AM 0.95				1:41PM 0.15				2:02AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	17	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	25	18	24	22	23	26	27	28	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	18	19	19	22
Chill °C	25	18	24	22	23	26	27	28	21	20	20	20	20	18	19	18	18	19	18	19	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-
Sunset	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SSE	1.4 SSW	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 NE	2.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	11	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	11	12	12	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	3.5 ESE	0.7 SW	3.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	17	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 N	-	0.6 WNW	2.0 N	1.5 W	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.7 NE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 E	3.0 NE	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	4	7	6	-	4	-	-	-	8	10	9	4	3	11	-	-	6	4

	Tuesday 02	Wednesday 03
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Uraga Point Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Curren's Point Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku
Rating	9	3	7	5	4	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	4	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	5.0 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy	1305	1394	10912	1444	891	962	7199	6132	6522	5684	4085	3461	3494	1232	2429	2429	6441	5100	4026	3249	3711	3026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:12PM 1.47											6:47AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)											1:24AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	25	18	18	18	25	24	24	23	23	22	24	23	23	24	25	26	26	26	27	27
Chill °C	18	19	25	17	18	18	25	24	24	23	23	22	24	23	23	24	25	26	26	26	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	5.0 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.8 SW	3.5 ESE	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	3.0 ESE	2.1 SE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	10	16	10	17	17	17	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	-	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	8	8	-	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	6	6

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