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. Read More

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Japan Wavefinder

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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Takegashima Shikoku	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Osaki Point Shikoku	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Santos (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Osaki Point Shikoku	Kangjeong (Jejudo Island) South Korea	Hashikui Bay Shikoku	Nomozaki Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	2.5 SE	1.6 SE	0.8 S	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.7 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	10	12	11	11	11	7	8	6	7	6	7	8
Energy(?)	1732	339	123	2387	3743	715	372	233	146	111	52	266	494	213	187	100	144	39	455	185	290	730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (ft)		5:26PM 6.1		4:31AM 6.04	5:25PM 5.91	2:21AM 4.49	4:48AM 6.1	5:58PM 6.53		4:59AM 5.48		6:05PM 6.04	5:31AM 6.23	5:38PM 4.76	6:11PM 5.91	5:03AM 5.38		6:45PM 6.33	5:59AM 5.68	6:00PM 5.15	7:39PM 7.09	8:14AM 6.86
Low Tide / height (ft)	10:13AM 1.38		10:52PM 3.84	11:13AM 1.38		9:12PM 3.08	11:23AM 1.15		11:43PM 2.62	11:27AM 1.44		11:55PM 1.84	11:56AM 0.82		12:02AM 1.87	11:26AM 0.98	12:21PM 1.15	12:47AM 1.44			1:57AM 1.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (in)	0.8	1.9	5.0	0.4	0.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3	-	1.3	0.2	1.8	0.7
High °F	82	79	79	84	79	79	79	79	77	81	86	82	82	82	81	84	82	79	75	77	79	79
Low °F	81	79	75	81	79	77	77	77	77	81	86	82	82	81	79	82	81	77	75	75	75	75
Chill °F (?)	82	79	79	84	79	79	79	79	77	81	86	82	82	82	81	84	82	79	75	77	79	79
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:08	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:30	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:25	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	2.2 SE	1.6 SE	0.8 S	-	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	10	9	9	8	8	8	6	9	11	11	11	7	8	8	-	9	10	10
Swell2 (ft) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	11	12	11	-	9	10	10	10	8	7	10	12	10	7	6	10	9	9	-	11	7	-
Wind waves (ft) & direction	2.5 SE	-	-	3.5 S	3.5 SSW	0.5 NW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.9 S	0.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	9	-	-	10	10	3	5	8	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	5	6	7	6	7	8

	Thursday 04						Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Takegashima Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	2	5	4	1	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	1.2 ESE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.8 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	10	10	7	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	8	9	8	7	7
Energy(?)	920	1732	227	3579	1526	104	3075	1644	1137	2173	3449	1144	1219	1030	1146	668	580	269	276	202	79	116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (ft)	3:14AM 5.91				5:01PM 5.54				4:02AM 5.77				5:04PM 5.77			2:47AM 4.79	3:49AM 5.41					6:03PM 7.02
Low Tide / height (ft)			10:39AM 1.77			8:40PM 3.45	10:33PM 3.64				10:26AM 0.89				10:26PM 3.25				10:02AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (in)	0.3	0.5	-	0.2	0.2	-	0.2	0.2	-	1.5	0.0	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °F	79	81	84	82	79	77	81	79	79	75	82	86	79	77	77	75	77	79	79	79	84	82
Chill °F (?)	79	81	84	82	79	77	81	79	79	75	82	86	79	77	77	75	77	79	79	79	84	82
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	1.8 SE	2.2 SE	1.2 ESE	3.0 SE	3.0 SSE	0.8 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	10	7	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	10	9	8	9	8	7	7
Swell2 (ft) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	11	8	-	-	9	9	-	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (ft) & direction	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	-	3.0 SSE	-	-	3.0 S	-	0.6 NNW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 NW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	-	10	-	-	10	-	3	9	9	-	-	-	3	4	4	3	5	6	-	7

	Thursday 04																				Fri
	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	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Castles Okinawa	Nagata Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Takegashima Shikoku	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Dragons Leaf Kyu Shu	Suruga Bay Shizuoka	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Osaki Point Shikoku	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Chikura Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Omaezaki Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kurihama Kanagawa	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu
Rating	3	4	2	5	4	1	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.4 ESE	2.3 SE	1.9 SE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	0.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 ESE	1.0 S	0.5 ESE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	2.5 SE	2.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	7	9	7	8	7	7	10	9
Energy(?)	912	976	378	1224	447	120	221	472	482	48	678	523	141	111	145	113	151	215	82	141	1185	1015
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off
High Tide / height (ft)	3:14AM 5.91													4:29PM 4.4
Low Tide / height (ft)						8:01AM 0.98	9:58AM 1.57												9:25PM 3.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (in)	0.0	0.1	-	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	0.0	0.0	-
High °F	79	77	82	79	77	77	77	79	79	75	79	79	77	75	77	75	77	77	77	79	79	79
Chill °F (?)	79	77	82	79	77	77	77	79	79	75	79	79	77	75	77	75	77	77	77	79	79	79
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 ESE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	2.5 SE	2.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	10	8	8	9	8	11	11	7	8	8	8	6	7	6	7	8	7	7	10	9
Swell2 (ft) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 SW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	-	11	8	11	11	8	12	12	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (ft) & direction	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	0.2 NNW	2.3 SE	-	0.8 S	-	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	-	1.7 SSE	1.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	3	8	-	6	-	8	8	-	8	5	2	4	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-

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