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

		Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Kisami-Ohama Beach Shizuoka	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Aoura Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Nagata Kyu Shu	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	E 14	E 13	ESE 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	ESE 8	E 12	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	ENE 13	ESE 9	E 12	E 9	E 13	E 8
kJ	183	180	289	295	272	276	190	160	184	388	462	257	345	437	173	232	190	119	507
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	ESE	SSE	NNE	SW	W	SSW	S	NNE	WSW	NNE	NNE	N	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide		4:42AM1.62m	5:18PM1.57m		5:34AM1.57m	5:30PM1.56m		7:53AM2.04m			6:53AM1.41m	5:51PM1.49m	6:18PM1.55m	8:19AM1.43m		6:38PM1.51m	9:43AM1.49m		8:09PM1.70m
Low Tide	10:51PM0.53m	11:01AM0.38m		11:23PM0.43m	11:37AM0.48m		11:55PM0.35m		12:33PM0.60m	00:26AM0.32m			00:59AM0.32m		2:39PM1.08m	1:35AM0.36m	3:07AM0.47m	3:13PM1.03m


mm	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	1	5	4	1	1	—
Max °C	21	21	22	22	25	26	25	27	27	26	26	26	25	28	24	22	26	27	24
Min °C	20	20	21	22	22	24	24	26	25	24	24	25	23	27	24	22	23	25	23
Chill °C	21	21	22	22	25	26	25	27	27	26	26	26	25	28	24	22	26	27	24
	—	5:18	—	—	5:18	—	—	5:56	—	—	5:20	—	—	5:24	—	—	5:58	—	—
	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:53	—	—	5:45	—	—	6:19	—	—	6:19	—
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	E 14	E 13	ESE 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	ESE 8	E 12	SE 9	E 14	SE 8	E 13	ENE 13	ESE 9	E 12	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 8
kJ	183	180	289	295	272	276	190	160	184	179	462	163	345	437	173	232	190	103	259
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 7	SSW 7	NE 6	SE 9	SE 8	SE 7	E 13	SE 10	E 14	SE 8	E 14	SE 7	SE 8	E 14	SE 8	E 13	E 13	SE 22
kJ	41	28	18	19	40	55	43	84	92	388	117	257	97	145	100	57	86	119	73
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	—	NE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	—	NE 4	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	E 8
kJ	7	20	13	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	3	23	42	58	507
Sea °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	27
Diff °C	+0.6	+0.7	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.7	+0.6	0.0	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.4	+0.6	+0.7	0.0	+0.6	-0.1	-0.4	-0.2

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