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

	Fri	Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15
	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	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Green Pole Okinawa	Takegashima Shikoku	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Nagata Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Niijima - Habushiura Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SW	3.0 W	1.9 NNE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	1.7 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period(s)	7	8	6	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	11	11
Energy	539	1868	292	119	179	479	179	144	139	416	160	238	237	579	235	424	256	110	448	807	1141	913
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:15AM 1.58	10:38AM 1.43		11:24PM 1.22	9:11AM 1.02		1:32AM 1.25	10:52AM 0.99	2:34PM 1.44		3:42AM 1.65	3:58PM 1.57			3:13PM 1.44		3:29AM 1.70	5:02PM 1.86		5:39AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		5:51AM 1.18	2:56PM 0.26		4:43AM 0.90	4:35PM 0.38	6:04PM 0.47	6:08AM 0.82		8:55PM 0.70	9:58AM 0.75		10:05PM 0.63	7:55AM 0.56		10:20PM 0.68	9:58AM 0.38		11:44PM 0.63		12:11PM 0.12	11:38PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	13	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	17	18	20	21	17	19	21	23	21	21	17	21	19	17	19	21	18	18	19	19
Low °C	17	18	16	16	18	20	16	18	20	22	19	20	16	21	18	15	18	20	17	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	18	20	21	17	19	21	23	21	21	17	21	19	17	19	21	18	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	4:43	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:45	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:20	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	2.1 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	1.0 ESE	0.5 N	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.9 ESE	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SE	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	11	8	10	10	10	6	10	10	9	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.6 SE	-	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	10	-	4	5	-	-	-	12	5	11	11	-	-	10	-	10	8	9	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SW	3.0 W	1.9 NNE	0.8 S	-	1.7 E	-	0.9 SE	-	1.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	6	4	-	9	-	6	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri		Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Torami Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.1 SW	1.9 NE	2.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10
Energy	206	223	859	979	556	1868	1359	208	284	457	375	316	312	241	84	175	102	133	316	278	283	235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:56PM 0.95			7:25AM 1.12						1:36AM 1.49		8:22AM 1.08	10:39AM 1.20	12:36PM 1.35				2:48AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	4:38PM 0.41			2:25AM 1.09						6:29PM 0.67								7:18PM 0.61				8:37AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	18	21	18	16	18	17	20	16	17	19	19	20	17	19	21	18	18	21	21	22	20
Chill °C (?)	22	18	21	18	16	18	16	20	15	16	19	19	20	17	19	21	18	18	21	21	22	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Sunset	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	1.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.3 NE	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	10	7	7	7	7	6	10	10	10	10	6	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.8 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 S
Period (s)	4	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	7	-	-	7	6	-	-	3	13	6	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 NE	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	1.9 NE	2.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.1 SE	0.4 NW	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.7 SE
Period (s)	3	4	8	8	8	8	8	-	6	7	9	9	9	10	3	2	-	-	9	9	9	6

	Friday 08	Saturday 09
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Choshi Chiba	Torami Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Mera Chiba	Niijima - Awaii Izu Islands	Mera Chiba	Californias Okinawa	Turtles Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Ohara Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Nagata Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Californias Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	0.6 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.0 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	6	7	7	7	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	10	11	10	6	6	6	10
Energy	192	206	271	446	489	539	418	539	0	0	0	0	0	412	141	199	142	185	295	319	327	199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								10:17PM 1.08		12:34AM 1.53										10:58AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		4:38PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	14	15	16	17	17	17	16	19
Chill °C (?)	24	23	21	21	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	11	15	16	17	15	16	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	9	9	9	9	10	8	7	10	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 NE	0.3 SW	-	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	4	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	6	6	-	7	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 NNE	1.5 NE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	0.7 NE	1.6 NW	0.9 NE	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	-	-	6	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6

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