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

	Mon	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18
	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	Asakawa Shikoku	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Niyodo Rivermouth Shikoku	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Ohara Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Californias Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Yasuda Rivermouth Shikoku	Ohara Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Aoura Kyu Shu	Ada Okinawa	Ada Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.8 SE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E
Period(s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	-	9	7	8	10	8	9	10	9
Energy	128	314	261	242	415	399	256	271	499	373	280	231	133	0	194	239	207	552	358	264	326	477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:20AM 1.56	3:06AM 1.63	12:34PM 1.11	2:46AM 1.53		1:52PM 1.20		3:35AM 1.72	3:03PM 1.26	2:50AM 1.37		3:49PM 1.39		6:15AM 2.03	4:54PM 1.41	6:02PM 1.87	3:16AM 1.50	5:49PM 1.42	7:08PM 1.99	6:55AM 2.01		6:21PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		9:18AM 0.81		8:13PM 0.61	7:59AM 0.46		9:08PM 0.64	10:00AM 0.39		9:12PM 0.69	9:09AM 0.19		10:43PM 0.76			11:42PM 0.76	10:30AM -0.06		12:40AM 0.88		1:42PM -0.12	11:04PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	-	-	2
High °C	17	23	19	18	18	19	19	22	20	17	19	20	19	23	20	18	20	21	21	22	23	20
Low °C	16	23	19	17	18	19	18	20	18	16	18	19	18	23	19	17	19	19	21	22	23	19
Chill °C (?)	17	23	19	18	18	19	19	22	20	17	19	20	19	23	20	18	20	21	21	22	23	20
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	4:39	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:35	-	-	5:41	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.8 SE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	7	8	10	8	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	3	11	10	-	12	10	7	7	-	10	9	9	11	15	9	11	11	10	11	5	5	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13								Thursday 14
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.7 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	260	374	383	237	236	276	432	307	355	284	320	237	239	218	465	452	266	554	399	262	276	276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:45AM 1.31					3:19PM 1.62			2:46AM 1.53				2:07PM 1.15	4:16PM 1.75				3:19AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		8:49PM 0.62				8:36AM 0.81	9:44AM 0.77			6:37PM 0.61								7:54PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	18	17	17	20	23	23	24	18	17	18	17	18	18	20	21	18	18	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	20	21	18	17	17	20	23	23	24	18	17	18	17	18	18	20	21	18	18	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-
Sunset	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	1.5 E	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	8	9	8	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.5 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 ESE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	5	9	11	9	-	5	11	8	9	9	-	-	8	12	10	8	10	10	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 E	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	1.7 E	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 11	Tuesday 12
	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	Nagata Kyu Shu	Aja Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Asakawa Shikoku	Aja Okinawa	Balls Bowls Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Mera Chiba	Mera Chiba	Aoshima Harbour Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.1 N	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE
Period(s)	9	5	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	274	2	104	103	212	129	374	258	395	386	357	230	235	263	313	289	205	283	260	325	294	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)										12:45AM 1.31		2:09AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			5:34PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	19	19	18	17	21	22	22	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	19	18	17	21	22	22	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.1 N	0.3 SE	0.1 N	0.5 ESE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.7 ESE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	5	13	13	11	3	5	10	5	9	11	-	-	-	11	11	10	9	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	1.5 E	-	1.5 E	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	8	3	9	-	9	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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