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

	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Castles Okinawa	Takegashima Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoura Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Aoura Kyu Shu	Asakawa Shikoku
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.3 SSW	0.7 NE	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	6	7
Energy(?)	2698	2381	1207	1791	2693	1448	3819	1422	702	766	597	639	523	442	464	205	198	881	644	318	93	225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:23PM 1.49		4:22AM 1.56		8:23PM 1.82	4:48AM 1.57		9:08PM 1.70	8:29AM 1.84		9:28PM 1.61	7:43AM 1.62		9:31PM 1.12	7:03AM 1.30		1:07AM 1.42	7:31AM 1.16		2:00AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	10:56AM -0.12		10:47PM 0.76	11:18AM -0.01	1:53PM -0.12	2:03AM 0.59	11:59AM -0.03		2:40AM 0.71		3:45PM -0.01	2:33AM 1.06		1:55PM -0.02	1:35AM 0.94		4:29PM 0.37			5:09PM 0.41	6:17PM 0.57	7:53AM 1.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	19	15	1	-	7	-	-
High °C	17	17	22	19	19	21	18	20	21	21	20	17	20	20	19	20	20	15	15	19	18	21
Low °C	16	17	22	19	17	21	18	20	20	19	18	16	18	20	18	20	20	14	14	19	14	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	22	19	19	21	18	20	21	21	20	17	20	20	19	20	20	13	15	19	18	21
Sunrise	5:01	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:20
Sunset	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 E	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	6	7	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.1 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	10	12	-	10	10	16	15	15	14	14	5	13	13	13	13	11	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ESE	-	0.8 NW	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.7 SSW	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	6	5	6	-	-	-	-	5	6	8	8	-	6	4

	Saturday 18						Sunday 19								Monday 20
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Takegashima Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	1.6 E	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3281	2698	2615	2381	1417	1312	2118	2089	1115	1081	1530	1643	1876	3009	3030	2970	4105	1168	1876	1133	1259	1056
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:21AM 1.42					7:40PM 1.88				7:20AM 1.93				6:29PM 1.40				8:08AM 2.05				8:42PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			10:40AM 0.07				10:47PM 0.76					12:58PM -0.04			11:50PM 0.69					1:39PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	17	17	22	22	16	15	22	22	22	19	18	17	16	15	17	22	18	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	16	22	22	16	15	22	22	22	19	18	17	16	14	17	22	18	19	20	19
Sunrise	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	1.6 E	2.3 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 NE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	9	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	-	12	10	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ESE	-	-	1.2 ESE	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	6	-	4

	Saturday 18	Sun
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Asakawa Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Castles Okinawa	Mera Chiba	Takegashima Shikoku	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 SE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SE	1.9 ESE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	3299	2670	2670	2680	1735	1540	2698	2671	1534	1564	2290	2822	2336	2161	2620	2622	2315	1879	2042	2255	2444	2304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)															5:37PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)								10:40AM 0.07			1:31PM -0.15											12:53AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	22	22	17	17	23	23	23	19	17	17	17	16	17	22	17	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	15	22	22	17	17	23	23	23	19	17	16	17	16	17	22	17	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 SE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SE	1.9 ESE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 SE	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 SE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	8	8	11	11	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	7	11	11	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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