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

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	Mon		Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			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	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Mera Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Mainside Okinawa	Maeda Point Okinawa	Onjuku Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.4 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 N	1.3 N	3.5 ENE	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 SE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	13	7	6	9	9	7	8	11	11	7	8	7	11	11
Energy(?)	1427	840	690	228	286	450	637	375	134	464	209	647	377	211	220	4394	1353	443	420	348	513	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:42PM 1.94	7:50AM 1.87		9:26PM 1.63	8:03AM 1.74		10:54PM 1.66	6:24AM 1.27		11:59PM 1.25	11:59AM 1.56		2:15AM 1.39		1:13PM 1.35	2:30AM 1.42	11:33AM 1.10	12:52PM 1.10		3:04AM 1.21	2:30PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		2:11AM 0.99		2:48PM -0.04	2:38AM 1.04		3:05PM 0.16			2:55PM 0.11		6:27AM 1.13		6:48PM 0.43	7:53AM 1.19		7:02PM 0.51	7:03AM 0.96		7:52PM 0.45	8:48AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	26	-	26	6	1	-	-	-	-	13	1	58	2	-
High °C	19	19	18	23	22	18	20	18	18	16	15	16	17	21	22	14	14	19	20	18	17	17
Low °C	19	17	18	22	21	18	19	18	17	15	13	14	17	21	21	13	13	18	18	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	23	22	18	20	18	18	15	13	16	17	21	22	12	13	19	20	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:33	-	-	4:52	-
Sunset	6:38	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:15	-	-	7:08	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.3 N	2.5 ENE	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	0.1 SE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	13	13	8	-	9	9	7	8	11	11	7	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 ENE	0.1 E	0.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	-	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	10	13	5	6	13	13	-	13	13	-	8	7	6	7	8	7	11	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.9 E	2.2 ENE	1.8 ESE	0.7 NNE	-	1.4 N	-	3.5 ENE	-	-	-	1.9 SE	0.9 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	10	6	7	6	6	-	7	-	11	-	-	-	7	6	6

	Monday 20				Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	8	10	10	14
Energy(?)	1518	1422	1077	1029	1053	696	666	724	823	534	584	234	225	296	542	257	226	449	568	660	601	660
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				8:46PM 1.83				7:44AM 1.96					10:40PM 1.68								10:22PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)						1:56AM 0.92				1:05PM -0.11								1:34PM 0.12				1:52AM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	19	17	18	17	19	19	20	20	22	22	21	17	22	18	18	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	17	18	17	19	19	20	20	22	22	21	17	22	18	18	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SE	1.6 E	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	11	7	10	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	-	0.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 W	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.3 SE	0.7 N	0.9 ESE	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	11	10	-	10	6	5	-	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	14	7	10	12	13	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.9 NE	1.5 SSW	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	4	6	-	6	-	-	-	5	-	3	-	4	5	4	4

	Monday 20														Tuesday 21
	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	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Big Ben Chiba	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Aja Okinawa	Aja Okinawa	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Aha Rivermouth Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 SE	1.9 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 SE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1709	1709	1192	1454	1427	1316	965	1234	1389	1359	878	638	531	603	840	573	819	932	1008	1027	1067	956
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													9:45PM 1.81									6:26AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)																	1:38AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	20	17	17	18	21	21	21	18	21	17	17	19	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	20	19	18	20	16	16	18	21	21	21	18	21	17	16	18	18	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 SE	1.9 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 SE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.3 ENE	-	0.8 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	11	11	5	11	-	6	-	10	9	9	-	11	11	11	10	11	-	11	9	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	0.4 WSW	0.8 NW	-	1.0 S	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	5	-	5	-	4	4	4

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