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

	Mon		Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Shida Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Corners Okinawa	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Gomoda Shikoku	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Ikumi Beach Shikoku	Asakawa Shikoku	Gomoda Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba
Rating	2	3	2	3	2	4	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 E	1.7 E
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	7	7	8	5	6	9	9	9
Energy	274	647	333	666	340	2863	671	118	239	289	355	376	252	236	62	41	45	112	91	964	657	435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:35PM 1.32	11:59AM 1.03		12:37AM 1.41		2:44PM 1.63	12:17AM 1.28		4:38PM 1.70	2:01AM 1.47		3:08PM 1.22		3:43AM 1.72	5:29PM 1.72		4:19AM 1.75		6:24PM 1.73	5:06AM 1.92	5:55PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	3:49PM 0.54		6:08AM 0.67	4:21PM 0.65	6:01PM 0.77	8:27AM 0.69			8:35AM 0.50		8:07PM 0.85	8:32AM 0.27		9:30PM 0.99	10:45AM 0.27		11:04PM 1.09	11:16AM 0.10		11:37PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	5	8	1	-	85	47	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	6	6	2	-	-
High °C	21	21	19	19	20	24	23	19	23	23	21	20	22	23	22	23	22	19	19	20	23	21
Low °C	21	20	19	19	20	24	23	18	22	23	20	20	21	20	21	23	22	18	19	19	21	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	19	20	24	23	19	23	23	21	20	22	23	22	23	22	19	19	20	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	4:24	-	-	5:35	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:26	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:05	-
Sunset	6:53	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	1.1 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.0 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	6	8	8	9	9	8	9	7	7	7	5	6	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	9	7	7	9	7	7	6	11	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	0.4 WNW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	-	2.1 ESE	-	1.0 N
Period (s)	3	-	5	9	4	9	-	-	-	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	9	-	5

	Monday 08				Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thu
	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	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kamogawa Chiba	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Shida Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Corners Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Suicide Cliffs Okinawa	Corners Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka
Rating	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 SW	1.6 ENE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	10	8	10	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9
Energy	1436	274	968	603	647	556	299	333	284	666	265	226	340	245	1578	2863	961	671	565	318	118	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:58AM 1.21				10:35PM 1.32													2:44PM 1.63				1:16AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			3:53PM 0.47				5:05AM 0.78	6:08AM 0.67				6:34PM 0.77				8:27AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	6	4	1	1	1	-	-	3	42	43	26	21	37	-	-
Temp. °C	23	21	21	20	20	20	21	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	24	24	24	23	23	24	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	21	21	20	20	20	21	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	24	24	24	23	23	24	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 SW	1.3 E	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	10	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 E	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	9	7	8	7	9	8	7	7	7	7	10	10	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 NNE	1.6 ENE	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	5	3	9	-	-	4	-	8	9	-	-	6	6	-	5

	Monday 08														Tuesday 09
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Inamuragasaki Kanagawa	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Chikura Chiba	Chikura 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	Ohara Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Shida Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Chikura Chiba
Rating	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 SW	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 SW
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	1029	1606	1436	299	295	274	1361	1020	968	1310	1003	603	595	557	647	574	923	556	879	299	299	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				12:01PM 1.49										10:35PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)								4:20PM 0.60													5:05AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	3
High °C	21	22	23	22	22	21	23	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	21	22	23	22	22	21	23	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.6 E	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	7	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	2.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	-	1.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	3	7	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	5	5	9

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