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

	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach (Tokyo 2020) Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chokusen Kyu Shu	Hakashita Kyu Shu	Okuragahama Kyu Shu	Amatu Chiba	Aja Okinawa	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Dead Man's Land Shikoku	Golfcourse Kyu Shu	Ko-Chan (Hedo Point) Okinawa	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Akabane Long Beach Shizuoka	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Big Ben Chiba	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 SE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SE	0.3 ENE	0.7 SE	1.3 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 NE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	13	14	13	13	12	12	6	7	7	6	12	8	5	8	8	6	6	10	6	12	12
Energy(?)	522	505	710	483	231	602	393	173	194	296	161	51	93	124	88	83	120	87	402	367	1031	1237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			7:13PM 2.12	7:53AM 2.05		8:51PM 1.94	8:37AM 1.93		7:12PM 1.30	6:16AM 1.38		8:59PM 1.14	7:26AM 1.29		10:08PM 0.99	9:24AM 1.63		12:49AM 0.89	8:20AM 1.15			9:16AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)		12:59PM 0.25	1:15AM 0.45		2:31PM -0.05	2:47AM 0.42		12:35PM -0.04	12:40AM 0.59		1:17PM -0.03	1:47AM 0.75		1:39PM 0.02	2:02AM 0.84	3:39AM 1.03	2:48PM 0.27	1:22AM 0.89		5:33PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	30	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	-
High °C	19	11	15	11	11	14	15	16	15	14	11	20	14	15	14	21	13	12	16	13	14	16
Low °C	18	9	12	6	11	13	14	16	14	14	11	19	14	12	12	20	12	12	16	13	13	16
Chill °C (?)	19	9	12	9	9	13	14	14	14	13	10	20	14	14	14	21	12	11	15	11	13	15
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:26	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:25	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SE	0.4 E	1.0 WNW	0.5 SE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.2 S	1.1 ESE	1.1 NE	1.2 SE	1.3 ENE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	15	13	14	13	13	8	12	13	12	7	6	6	7	8	7	8	6	6	10	7	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.9 SE	0.8 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.7 NE	0.3 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 ESE	0.1 SW	1.2 ESE	0.4 E
Period (s)	7	6	7	6	5	12	5	-	-	12	11	7	6	6	8	7	12	5	6	5	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 ENE	2.5 WNW	0.7 N	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	-	1.4 SE	1.4 SSE	-	-	0.5 N	-	1.3 NE	0.5 NNE	0.7 S	1.4 ESE	0.2 NNE	-	1.7 ENE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE
Period (s)	-	6	7	4	6	6	-	6	7	-	-	5	-	5	5	4	6	4	-	6	8	8

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	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chokusen Kyu Shu	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	2	1	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.8 NE	1.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	7	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	705	592	560	732	515	508	549	562	516	529	430	599	679	274	1020	322	180	712	468	393	362	277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				7:25AM 2.03							5:35AM 1.40	6:20AM 1.41				7:57PM 1.91				6:42AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		12:43AM 0.33				1:52PM 0.01			11:40PM 0.30								11:43PM 0.63	12:56AM 0.50				1:23PM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	18	19	19	19	8	7	7	6	12	14	13	14	15	13	13	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	18	19	19	19	5	5	5	4	10	14	13	13	15	12	12	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.8 NE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	6	14	13	13	8	8	13	9	7	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NE	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 N	1.1 ENE	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 SW	1.4 NW	1.3 ENE	0.4 NE	1.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	14	6	5	7	8	13	4	13	14	16	6	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 W	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	-	1.0 NE	-	0.1 SE	1.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.7 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	7	-	-	-	6	6	5	5	-	6	-	6	7	3	6	-	-	-	-

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	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Japan	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Cape Toi Kyu Shu	Kudaka Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Castles Okinawa	Amatu Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Big Ben Chiba	Amatu Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Choshi Chiba	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands	Chokusen Kyu Shu	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	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Izu Islands
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	4	2	1	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	668	705	705	628	537	474	494	587	614	620	617	491	491	1039	512	481	466	570	619	577	623	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross	off	on	on	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									5:12AM 1.38													6:24PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)					1:39AM 0.15									10:54AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	12	12	12	12	16	16	9	16	15	11	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	9	9	10	9	14	14	5	14	15	8	13	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.8 NE	0.6 S	0.8 NNE	0.9 NE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	19	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NNE	1.0 W	1.0 NNW	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 ENE	1.6 W	1.2 NE	1.5 E	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	-	6	6	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	7	7	14	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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