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

	Sat	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25
	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	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Osaki Point Shikoku	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Chikura Chiba	Kurihama Kanagawa	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.8 E	2.2 ENE	2.5 E	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	10	10	6	7	7	8	9	10	8	9	9
Energy(?)	1937	1545	2704	1431	1709	1363	908	716	314	1153	435	323	569	292	451	792	839	1599	699	616	898	1200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:20AM 1.93		6:11PM 1.45	4:48AM 1.57		9:34PM 1.80	8:44AM 1.98		8:20PM 1.23	6:13AM 1.37		11:37PM 1.50	10:13AM 1.73		12:30AM 1.60	10:39AM 1.44		1:55AM 1.45	11:46AM 1.36		1:14AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	10:47PM 0.76			11:19PM 0.87	11:59AM -0.03	1:26PM -0.05		3:03AM 0.80	2:30PM 0.06	12:58AM 0.91		4:39PM 0.15		4:34AM 1.06	4:43PM 0.41		5:35AM 1.17	5:57PM 0.49	6:05PM 0.50	7:12AM 1.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	-	21	-	8	10	-	-	1
High °C	17	22	18	21	21	20	17	21	23	17	21	19	20	17	15	17	18	18	15	14	17	14
Low °C	16	22	17	20	19	19	16	17	22	17	18	19	19	16	15	14	17	17	14	13	16	12
Chill °C (?)	17	22	18	21	21	20	16	21	23	17	21	19	20	16	14	17	18	18	13	12	17	14
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:15	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	1.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.6 NE	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	10	10	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 NE	0.5 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.8 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	1.6 E	0.4 SE	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	11	10	10	12	11	-	9	5	6	14	14	12	12	-	-	-	8	12	10	10	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	1.7 ESE	-	1.1 SE	0.4 W	1.8 E	2.2 ENE	2.5 E	-	3.0 SSW	0.5 NNW	-	2.3 SSW	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	10	-	5	5	6	7	7	-	9	4	-	9	12

	Sat		Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	2169	1330	2118	2089	2080	1621	1530	1495	1623	3051	3067	1292	1244	1186	1575	1253	1097	1170	1006	629	614	521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:23PM 1.49	7:40PM 1.88			4:22AM 1.56	6:06AM 1.76				6:29PM 1.40				8:08AM 2.05				8:30PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			10:47PM 0.76					2:13PM -0.17			11:49PM 0.72	2:25AM 0.65				1:56PM 0.01				1:56AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	17	22	16	16	15	16	22	22	19	17	17	20	20	21	19	20	19	17	17	17	16	19
Chill °C (?)	17	22	16	16	15	16	22	22	19	17	17	20	20	21	19	20	19	17	17	17	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	10	-	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	-	10	10	-	6	16	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Aoshima Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2334	1515	2169	2169	2095	1883	1643	1630	2209	2274	2274	1550	1542	1503	2004	2037	1778	1791	1789	1740	1621	2138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			5:23PM 1.49													6:36AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	23	17	17	17	17	22	22	19	17	16	22	22	22	17	19	19	19	19	19	17	18
Chill °C (?)	16	23	17	17	17	17	22	22	19	17	16	22	22	22	17	18	19	19	19	19	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	11	12	11	11	12	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-

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